The history of Morisa’s washi papermaking dates back more than 200 years to the late Edo period, when Hosuke Morisawa began papermaking in Takaoka (now Tosa City). In August 1986, the ninth generation of the Morisawa family, Kiyomitsu Morisawa, who had been making paper for a living since then, established Morisa Co., Ltd. with the main business of processing promotional pocket tissues, which were in high demand at the time.

The following year, in 1962, the company established paper machines and dyeing machines and began manufacturing washi again. As demand for shoji paper and other paper products declined year by year, the company sought new markets for washi while developing paper with unprecedented functionality and design.

In September 2009, Yoshitomo Morisawa assumed the position of Representative Director and shifted the focus of the business to more feminine and detailed product creation and marketing, partly due to the Japanese modern and nostalgic cultural climate.

We are constantly researching and developing new ways to bring the appeal of washi to consumers.

Morrisa has been developing and producing fun and interesting paper products with the goal of making people’s lives more beautiful and colorful.

Fun, interesting, and beautiful.”

This phrase succinctly expresses the purpose of Morisa’s business and the reason for its existence, and is our management philosophy.
Since its establishment in 1986, Morisa has based its business on this concept up to the present.
We will continue to stand on our management philosophy and open up a new future with a spirit of “Creation and Challenge”.