Tendo Mokko was established in 1940 in Tendo,
which has long been known as a woodworking town
famous for the Japanese chess pieces it produced.
Yamagata artisans have always had a mentality that combined curiosity,
technique and the patience of the people of the North. In 1940,
techniques to use molded plywood were still new in Japan,
and it opened up a new field of furniture making in the country.

We were one of the first companies in Japan to use formed plywood to
mass-produce good-quality furniture.
Today Tendo furniture is still durable and easy to use,
but we have expanded to collaborate
with top Japanese architects
and designers to create complicated curved lines
impossible with natural wood.