Amita Damascene vintage jewelry

Japanese landscape design with river, boat and mount Fuji brooch pin. Amita Damascene vintage jewelry

Amita Damascene vintage jewelry
The history of the Japanese jewelry brand Amita began in 1932 in Kyoto, founded by Shintaro Amita. Due to the WWII, the company ceased operations in 1940. However, in 1947, the president of the company Tomokuni Amita resumed the business as Amita Damascene Co., Ltd. The team of forty craftsmen made damascene jewelry by hand using 24 K gold and sterling silver.
Noteworthy, Amita Damascene is one of the most traditional handicrafts succeeded only in Kyoto since more than one thousand years ago. To support skills in jewelry craftsmanship, the company opened Amita Damascene Craftsmen Training School in 1952.
In the period from 1932, the management of Amita changed the name of the company several times. So, in 1957 Amita Damascene Co. Inc. became Amita Trading company, and in 1966 Amita Jewelry Corporation.
In the 1970s, with a change in company management and a decline in demand for jewelry, Amita Corporation redirected its business to the development of tourism opening hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. Amita jewelry produced from 1932 to the 1970s is highly collectible today.