Embracing What Lives (A Study of TODA CORPORATION ’s History)

2026

Jacquard weaving (EPOTEX, designed by Aiko Tezuka)

H.500 x W.295 cm each (diptych)

Exhibited at

APK PUBLIC Vol.2 at TODA BUILDING

Embracing What Lives (A Study of TODA CORPORATION ’s History)

Textile Pattern Description PDF


Materials used in the textile
– Ōuta Cha-Rōketsu Ashiginu Hanpi, No. 3
Shōsō-in temple, Japan, 8th century
– Small Hollyhock Pattern
Kawashima Textiles Design Department
1914 (Taishō 3)
– Edo Kiriezu Map, Area around Present-day Tokyo Station “O-kuruwa Uchi Daimyō Kōji Ezu”
1865 (Keiō 1)
– Map of the Daimyō Kōji District in the Ō-kuruwa (Southern Nihonbashi District)
1863 (Bunkyu 3)
– Concrete foundation work during construction
Completed in 1918 (Taishō 7).
– Rihē Toda’s passport for his journey to Paris
1909 (Meiji 42)
– Extension construction of the Shin-Yaesu Building (former TODA BUILDING)
Completed in 1966 (Shōwa 41).
– Construction scene with cranes and Tokyo Station on the right.
Building completed in 1918 (Taishō 7).
– Construction scene with multiple cranes.
Building completed in 1918 (Taishō 7).
– A note picked up in a Berlin supermarket (Arabic: sardines + salad, labneh [strained yoghurt cheese], potatoes, sausages, bread, cucumber, green pickles, “when” — a questioning word — )
circa 2024
– A note picked up in a Berlin supermarket (Turkish:Aldi [supermarket name], tomatoes, cheese, cucumber, tissues/napkins, lemon juice, potatoes, 2-Butter)
circa 2022
– A note picked up on a street in Kyoto (Japanese: 12/19 [Fri], belongings, bankbook, money, laundry, — illegible — )
2025
– A note picked up in a Berlin supermarket (German: yoghurt, whipped cream, small bread rolls, bananas, high-protein bread, lemonade, hot mustard)
circa 2024
– Former TODA CORPORATION headquarters building (new and old wings) as of June 1999 (Heisei 11). Computer screen displaying CAD drawings.
1999
– Hand-drawn drawing of the former TODA CORPORATION headquarters building (new and old wings), drawn in Shōwa 59
1984
– Gel nails scattered throughout the textile (from a woman living in Tokyo)
2025
Emblem on a happi coat from the founding period of Toda-gumi
Date unknown (possibly c.1881, during the founding period of Toda-gumi)
– Former company emblem of TODA CORPORATION
1930 (Shōwa 5)
– TODA CORPORATION brand logo
2022 (Reiwa 4)


Commissioned by TODA CORPORATION
Textile production and sponsorship by Kawashima Selkon Textiles Co., Ltd.