A5 notebook - Enshu orimono 01
KAKIMORI A5 hardcover notebook in a limited edition with Enshu Orimono 01 cover, size 152 × 215 mm. Section-sewn binding for lay-flat opening, fountain pen-friendly paper, 5 mm grid, and integrated ribbon bookmark.
Limited Edition Cover Highlighting Enshu Orimono
Section-sewn binding allowing the notebook to lay perfectly flat
Pages made of paper compatible with fountain pens
Easy-to-use 5 mm grid
Light and discreet printing
Integrated ribbon bookmark
THE COVER CONCEPT
A hardcover notebook, beautifully designed for daily use. We envisioned it as an object that naturally finds its place on a shelf and, over the years, becomes a treasured part of your collection.
Inside, you will find blank pages in OK Fools, which open perfectly flat thanks to the section-sewn binding. The 5 mm grid supports you in all your tasks: handwriting, sketches, diagrams, and more. The light blue-gray printing highlights your words while remaining subtle enough not to show up during scanning.
Each notebook comes in a protective case that preserves the cover. The ribbon bookmark helps you easily find your page. Every detail has been thoughtfully designed to offer the feeling of a book you love to return to.
Enshu Orimono: a traditional Japanese weaving
Enshu Orimono is a traditional Japanese weaving art passed down since the Edo period in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation have thrived for centuries, giving rise to a dynamic textile industry. Production continues today on traditional looms, allowing for a wide variety of woven expressions.
This fabric features a classic pattern revisited in a contemporary way, woven with multicolored kasuri (ikat) threads. Its meticulous design reflects the mastery and care devoted to its creation.
Producer: Shinchi Orimono
Developed as part of a project to reinterpret traditional Japanese patterns in a modern style, this fabric combines Shinchi Orimono’s signature dobby sashiko with kasuri (ikat) threads.
The tie-dye colored thread was specially commissioned for this project.
A highly specialized and truly unique textile.
Dobby: fabric woven on a dobby loom, characterized by repeated geometric patterns
Kasuri thread: fibers dyed in sections to create patterns during weaving
From thread to notebook: a story woven by Enshu Orimono
Kakimori notebooks are designed like fashion collections, with fabrics carefully selected for each season or collection. Previous editions have featured textiles from fashion brands, kimono makers, and traditional fabric producers. We are delighted to introduce our latest collaboration: Enshu Orimono.
Enshu Orimono is a Japanese textile woven using techniques passed down since the Edo period in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Thanks to the region’s mild climate, cotton and indigo cultivation flourished, giving rise to the cotton weaving industry at that time.
We discovered Enshu Orimono through Itohen, a local curation company dedicated to promoting Japanese craftsmanship. Located near the Kakimori shop, the company runs Sanchi No Gakko (Regional Production School), which offers comprehensive textile production training for those wishing to enter the textile and apparel industries. Itohen also participates in various media projects, exhibitions, and textile-focused events.
To design this new collection, the Itohen team helped us select a range of Enshu Orimono fabrics, allowing us to learn more about these beautiful traditional textiles.
Enshu Orimono is renowned for its cotton weaving, and one of its distinctive features lies in the type of loom used. While modern high-speed looms produce uniform fabrics more efficiently, Enshu Orimono continues to be woven on old shuttle looms, where a shuttle passes through the weft thread. Although slower and less efficient, these looms produce tightly woven fabrics with a textured surface that reveals the richness of the patterns. Even today, the region hosts the highest concentration of traditional shuttle looms, along with a wide variety of textile factories.
The Itohen team visits each factory and handpicks new fabrics still in development. Each workshop has its own strengths and characteristics, allowing the discovery of unique textiles as well as the history and passion of each artisan.
Here are the five fabrics selected by Itohen for Kakimori, from four different factories, and what makes each of them special.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Pages: Grid (pure white OK Fools), 64 sheets / 128 pages
- Material: 100% cotton
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Features
- Dimensions
- L152 × W11 × H215 mm
- Weight
- 255 g
- Color
- Blue
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Brand since
- 2010
Born in Kuramae, the craftsmen's district
Since 2010, Kakimori has inspired writing from Kuramae, a workshop district in Tokyo. Inks with vibrant colors, metal nibs, carefully selected papers: each item is designed to make the act of writing simple and precious, every day.
KAKIMORI EXPERTISE
What makes these objects unique
Inks with bold colors
Kakimori inks are pigmented: dense colors that sit on the paper and stay there, without bleeding through the page.
Metal feathers, regular stroke
Stainless steel or brass nibs provide a smooth and consistent line, and can be cleaned with a simple gesture.
Carefully selected paper
Notebooks, envelopes, and letter papers are selected for their feel and ink durability.
Hand-finished
Caps, pen holders, and pen rests go through the workshop for a smooth and precise finish.
A craftsman’s district
Kuramae, between workshops and shops, is the birthplace of the brand. It is where everything is designed and tested.
Since 2010
A young brand that has made a name for itself among writing enthusiasts, in Tokyo as well as in Paris.