Inden-ya Uehara Yushichi Co., Ltd.

Inden-ya is a well-established company that makes Koshu Inden products, and it was founded in 1582. The traditional techniques of Koshu Inden have been passed down in the Uehara family to the current President Shigeki Uehara from his distant ancestor Yushichi Uehara who invented them. Inden-ya manufactures and sells Koshu Inden products that are made from deerskin and lacquer. It is the oldest company dealing with Koshu Inden, which has been designated as a “traditional craft industry,” and its traditional techniques have been passed down since the Sengoku period.