Company

Company Name Duco Co., Ltd.
Representative Kazuko Ohori
Address C’s 23 TAKAHASHI 311, 216-5 Higashinakano, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0351, Japan
TEL / FAX +81-426-89-6382 / +81-426-89-6404
Established August 1979
Capital 10 million yen
Business Scope Urushi (Japanese lacquer) material manufacturing / repair,
software development, new product development,
design development, sales, exhibition planning, architectural interior work

HistoryCompany History

August 1979 Founded architectural painting business as Ohori Painting Shop
October 1979 Established "NADESYCCO", a workshop specializing in Urushi lacquer repair
December 2003 Incorporated and changed the company name to Duco Co., Ltd.
September 2005 Certified under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Business Innovation Plan
(No. 17 Sanro Shoshi 379)
June 2006 Approved for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government FY2006 Subsidy Project
(Market Development Project)
February 2009 Certified under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
"Regional Resource Utilization Business" initiative
July 2014 Obtained Tokyo Metropolitan Architectural Construction License
November 2014 Opened Showroom in Morino, Machida City
January 2018 Relocated Showroom to Higashinakano, Hachioji City
April 2023 Relocated Head Office to C’s 23 TAKAHASHI 311, 216-5 Higashinakano, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo

WorksMajor Projects

March 2008 Kyoto Tokyu Hotel Entrance Lobby "Wind God and Thunder God" Folding Screen
(Nippon Steel Corporation / Duco Co., Ltd.)
April 2009 Asakusa Apartment Entrance
(Collage Renovation Studio)
May 2009 Narita Terminal 2 Station Building Mural "Sun: Yin and Yang" (Taisei Corporation)
Mural "Torii: Yin and Yang" (Shimizu Corporation)
Mural "Bark and Forest" (Shimizu Corporation)
September 2011 Kyoto French Kaiseki Pontocho Misogigawa "Shimon (Crystal Pattern)"
(Uraku Co., Ltd.)
January 2012 Yokohama Super Aoki Monument
(Uraku Co., Ltd.)
May 2012 UEX, Ltd. Entrance "Kakitsubata (Iris)"
(Duco Co., Ltd.)
May 2013 Asakusabashi Fukui Residence "Shimon Partition"
(Duco Co., Ltd.)
October 2013 The Norinchukin Bank Conference Room Mural "Retsu A-un"
(Orie Co., Ltd.)
February 2014 Takigen Mfg. Co., Ltd. New Building Lobby Monument "Trinity"
(Shin Takamatsu Architect & Associates / Toda Corporation)
March 2014 Zushi Kikuchi Residence "Retsuseki A-un"
(Katsuma Tai Architects & Associates)
December 2014 Shibuya Oyamacho Park Court The Plane
(Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd.)
July 2016 Hankyu Realty Ueno
(KANN DESIGNING OFFICE)
August 2016 Entrance Hall, 1-chome Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Hyogo Prefecture
(Mitsui Designtec Co., Ltd.)
November 2017 Washu Highland Hotel Guest Room Light Decoration
(JTB Trading, Inc.)
May 2018 Minato-ku Takanawa Apartment Monument
(KANN DESIGNING OFFICE)
June–November 2019 Nakamura Painting Co., Ltd. 150th Anniversary Project 2.4×6m
(Production and Supervision of Maki-e Folding Screen)
January 2020 Exhibited at Maison & Objet "Unique & Eclectic"
December 2020 Selected for Monodukuri Subsidy:
"Innovation of Urushi Business through an Integrated Manufacturing-Sales System Unaffected by COVID-19"
June 2021 Design and production of MAJESTY JAPAN's new product "Four Seasons"
July 2022 Delivered products for public spaces and guest rooms
at Okinawa Naha Resort & Hotel Meijo
March 2023 Joint development with Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
("Printing × Natural Crest Pattern")
December 2024 Anime × Natural Crest Pattern:
Fist of the North Star 40th Anniversary Project
January 2025 Titanium Embossed Maki-e Joint Development
with Nippon Steel Corporation and Tokyo Stainless Grinding Co., Ltd.
January 2026 3D Printer × Urushi Sheet Joint Development
with Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.