17世紀末から産地を形成。欅、ミズメ、ウダイカンバなどを木地とし、各種家具を製造。特徴とする堅牢さは、多種の巧緻な組接ぎ技法によリ支えられている。

MATSUMOTO-KAGU (FURNITURE)
Matsumoto City and environs, Nagano Prefecture
The manufacture of wooden furniture has been developed here since the late 16th century, when the Matsumoto castle was constructed. The techniques of wood joinery in this furniture making are structural joints that bind and joints that extend a length, using no nails. They are so finely crafted that some of this furniture cannot be disjointed, once fitted together.