Karimoku Furniture Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Higashiura Town, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture; President: Masatoshi Kato) announces that the "Teigeki Premium Remake" collection, part of the Imperial Theatre closing project "Teigeki Legacy Collection," will go on sale on January 17, 2026 (Saturday). This collection features remade products created from building materials and theatre fixtures from the Imperial Theatre, which temporarily closed at the end of February 2025.
Premium Remake Collection Featuring Theatre Materials
The "Teigeki Premium Remake" collection uses building materials and theatre fixtures extracted from the Imperial Theatre. To achieve a diverse lineup ranging from furniture to small items, six creators participated in the project: Yuma Kano, Hiroshi Komiyama, SAKUMAESHIMA, Hisakazu Shimizu, HIGHTIDE, and Sae Honda (in Japanese alphabetical order). Each creator selected materials from the Imperial Theatre that they wanted to transform into products, developing a total of 30 items. Manufacturing was primarily handled by Karimoku Furniture, and sales will begin on ZOZOVILLA, the luxury and designers zone within the fashion EC site "ZOZOTOWN" operated by ZOZO, on January 17, 2026 (Saturday) at 12:00 PM.
Sales Information
Sales Period: January 17, 2026 (Saturday) 12:00 PM to March 1, 2026 (Sunday) 11:59 PM
Sales Site: ZOZOVILLA
Visit Sales Site
Products will be available from 12:00 PM on January 17 (Saturday)
Remade from Precious Building Materials and Theatre Fixtures
The collection features remakes of precious materials that anyone who has visited the Imperial Theatre would have seen at least once, including auditorium moquette fabric, lobby and café lighting with a warm atmosphere, lobby handrails and acrylic veneer materials combining sliced Tochi and mahogany wood that supported the handrails, and lobby column natural stones using rare Swedish Imperial Red and Black Suede that are no longer produced. The product lineup inherits the Teigeki legacy and connects sentiments to the future Imperial Theatre, utilizing these materials without waste.
Materials Used: Auditorium Moquette
The moquette stored in the theatre for many years and used in the auditorium seats is utilized in nine items. The comfort chair, which luxuriously reconstructs the Imperial Theatre seating comfort, follows the iconic center line of the backrest from the actual seats, with the seat number plates used in the theatre holding memories of watching performances, creating a high-quality seat. Other items including pouches and book covers also utilize the auditorium moquette.
Materials Used: Lobby Lighting
The cylindrical lighting that illuminated the upper and lower stage lobbies has been remade into upper lights in three sizes. The Imperial Theatre lobby lighting is reborn as lights that enhance daily living.
Materials Used: Lobby Handrail Wood
Three items were created from the lobby handrail wood: a bench, arrival board keychain, and ballpoint pen. These are truly premium items utilizing Imperial Theatre wood, carrying the very life of the theatre.
Materials Used: Lobby Staircase Handrail Acrylic Veneer
The acrylic veneer material that supported the staircase handrails has been utilized for lighting and boxes in four items. Two types are available: mahogany used on the exterior of the stairs and Tochi used on the interior. The lighting, in particular, has lights embedded in the lower interior like the Imperial Theatre lobby, creating an elegant finish that pursues the lobby atmosphere.
Materials Used: Lobby Column Natural Stone
Seven items were created from the lobby column natural stones. Swedish Imperial Red and Black Suede, which have watched over the lobby since the theatre's opening in 1966 and are no longer produced, are luxuriously used to create coaster sets and three types of chopstick rests.
Materials Used: Lobby Wall Bricks and Entrance Glass Doors
The bricks from the lobby audience-side walls and fragments of entrance glass doors are also fully utilized. Combined with lobby column natural stones, terrazzo tables were created with tabletops mixing these legacy materials. Available in two colors: Legacy Beige and Legacy Orange.
Materials Used: Café Lighting and Others
The lighting that illuminated the second-floor café has been transformed into table lamps, limited to two units. The lineup also includes a highly challenging jigsaw puzzle using the actual first-floor floor plan and a perpetual daily calendar. The daily calendar contains 366 photographs capturing "numbers" that exist in every view throughout the theatre, from auditorium seats and lobbies to backstage dressing rooms, allowing you to enjoy the Imperial Theatre's scenery and atmosphere together.
Teigeki Legacy Collection Exhibition - 2026 Winter
To commemorate the sale of "Teigeki Premium Remake," the exhibition "Teigeki Legacy Collection Exhibition - 2026 Winter" will be held at two venues: a special venue on the 3rd floor of Hibiya Chante and KARIMOKU RESEARCH CENTER.
The KARIMOKU RESEARCH CENTER exhibition allows visitors to directly touch and sit on the "Teigeki Premium Remake" products, experiencing their quality and comfort. The exhibition space utilizes "bamiri" (stage position markings for performers and sets), creating a venue reminiscent of the stage, with the 30 products and materials used in the Imperial Theatre arranged in a layout plan imagining one scene from a play. The display stands utilize carts actually used in Karimoku Furniture's factory. During the manufacturing process, the carts move according to "bamiri" marks on the factory floor. The exhibition reconstructs a space where products, materials, and manufacturing process tools come together through the visual marker of "bamiri."
Hibiya Chante 3rd Floor Special Venue
Period: January 17, 2026 (Saturday) to March 1, 2026 (Sunday)
Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Closed: February 2, 2026 (Monday)
Address: 1-2-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Free
KARIMOKU RESEARCH CENTER
Period: January 17, 2026 (Saturday) to February 14, 2026 (Saturday)
Hours: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Closed: Every Sunday
Address: 2-24-2 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Admission: Free
About Teigeki Legacy Collection
"Teigeki Legacy Collection" is a project that keeps the light of the Imperial Theatre's 110-year history burning, rediscovering the charm of the "second generation" Imperial Theatre building and inheriting it to a new stage. It consists of multiple projects for each product genre and characteristic developed using materials actually used at the Imperial Theatre. For detailed project information, please visit the Imperial Theatre Closing Special Page.
Imperial Theatre Closing Special Page: https://teigeki.tohostage.com/closing/legacy.html
X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/NewHISTORY2025
About Imperial Theatre
Opened in 1911 as Japan's first full-scale Western-style grand theatre, known as the white palace. The current second-generation Imperial Theatre was completed in 1966, designed by architect Yoshiro Taniguchi, built with the progressive spirit inherited from the first-generation theatre, aiming to be a "world-class theatre." Under the motto "fusion of popularity and artistry" advocated by Toho's theatre division, the theatre has recently staged large-scale productions such as "Les Misérables," "Elisabeth," "Endless SHOCK," and "Spirited Away." Known as a source of the latest and highest-level musicals, the theatre has provided audiences with high-quality entertainment across a wide range of genres, utilizing large-scale, state-of-the-art stage mechanisms and the latest sound and lighting equipment unparalleled in Japan. The design of the third-generation Imperial Theatre by architect Tetsuo Kobori is progressing smoothly to deliver an evolved new Imperial Theatre to audiences for a brilliant future.
About ZOZO
ZOZO plans and operates various services including the fashion EC site "ZOZOTOWN," the cosmetics specialty mall "ZOZOCOSME," the shoes specialty zone "ZOZOSHOES," brand second-hand items "ZOZOUSED," luxury and designer brands "ZOZOVILLA," the fashion coordination app "WEAR by ZOZO," and the OMO platform "ZOZOMO." The company also works on developing and utilizing measurement technology such as "ZOZOSUIT," "ZOZOMAT," and "ZOZOGLASS," and operates the 3D body scanning service "ZOZOFIT" in the United States as a business utilizing ZOZOSUIT.
About Karimoku Furniture
The origins of Karimoku Furniture date back to 1940, when founder Shohei Kato inherited a long-established lumber business and started a small woodworking shop in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture. By producing various wooden products, the company honed its skills, and in the 1960s began selling its own wooden furniture. By establishing the manufacturing concept of "high-tech and high-touch," which combines advanced machinery technology with craftsmen's skills, the company built a foundation in the wood production field and grew into a leading wooden furniture manufacturer in Japan.
Web: https://www.karimoku.com/
Instagram: @karimoku_official
