ABOUT US
Concept
Some brush-shaped patterns, which are thought to have been drawn in the late Neolithic, have been found: this suggests that brush-like items already existed at the time.
In Japan’s Nara period, when Buddhism became prevalent, copying Sutra scrolls spread throughout the country, thus increasing in demand for brushes all over Japan.
Afterward, in the Heian period, Kuukai -who was also known as a master calligrapher- brought the newest brushmaking techniques back from China, passed them to brushmakers and had them create brushes to offer to the imperial court: this is said to be the beginning of Japanese brushmaking.
Brushes thus originated from “Writing”, then evolved to makeup brushes that focus more on “Drawing”.Ueda Bisyodo is a brush workshop that has inherited the Japanese old traditional brushmaking techniques.
Characteristics of Brush making
There are mainly two origins of makeup brushes; paintbrushes born to “draw” in Europe and ink brushes born to “write” in East Asia which is famous for Kumano brush. Uyeda Bisyodo does not limit itself to Japanese tradition and adopts the world’s cutting-edge technologies and techniques, such as European hair refinement technology, to offer brushes one step beyond the existing products.
Uyeda Bisyodo’s most prominent characteristics come from the three sophisticated brushmaking techniques.
Tip Creation Process
Combing
arrange the hair to create a beautiful “mountain” shape
Framing
insert hair into the frame, in order to create the shape of the tip.
Threading
fix the “mountain” shape by inserting a thread after hair has been inserted into the frame.
Removing extra hair
remove breakage and/or cowlick hair
Removing extra hair
remove breakage and/or cowlick hair
Brush tip complete
About Hair Quality
Uyeda Bisyodo is the Japan’s only “Raw Hair Importer & Processing Company”. Our original processing technique, which combines Japanese and European hair refinement techniques, enables to make the most of the natural quality of the hair.All kinds of high quality natural hair have their respective characteristics: blending such unique traits gives us a wide range of possibilities.