Welcome to fudo-myoo

Our company is an e-commerce shop for Japanese antiques, focusing mainly on Japanese warrior and religious arts. This type of structure allows us to be in contact with buyers from all over the world as well as the possibility of travelling to Japan to collect or restore objects. Perhaps this will develop into a physical shop...

In any case, behind a company there are people who make it live, in this case, there is only one person, myself. Renoux Mathieu .

By way of introduction, I have a background in anthropology (study of cultures and understanding, desire to be as close as possible to reality, research in data libraries, etc.) and a passion for Japanese culture and its art.

Having travelled to Japan for fifteen years, lived there for more than three years, and met master katana smiths, sword polishers, gardeners and traditional musicians, this field training gives me a holistic understanding of objects in their practice, construction and cultural representation.

As a martial arts practitioner, Kashima Shin Ryu at Shuden level gives me an understanding and mastery of the sword, tanto, spear and naginata. Practising kyudo at Shoden level gives me an understanding of the use and maintenance of the Japanese bow. Practising the Japanese harquebus also enables me to use, repair and learn about Japanese firearms as a whole.

Passionate about Japanese art, I'll try my best to explain the cultural notions surrounding these objects that I'm particularly fond of, and I hope to have some exchanges with you as such.

Pilgrimage on the roads of Shikoku for the 88 temples or fudo myoo, as well as nourished practice and writing have made me a convinced Buddhist. My martial practice linked to shintoism, pushed me towards the understanding of this religion which is everywhere in Japan even to the point of becoming invisible. I hope to bring adequate understanding to the religious objects that I will sell.

Thus, I also wanted to raise a point that was close to my heart, the name fudo-myoo is not used on this site as an appropriation of this divinity, but rather as a charm of protection found in temples or as an obligation to have to fight against the three poisons of the soul which are greed, ignorance and anger. This activity forces me to question myself and to try to be a better man, to embellish your homes with all these objects that are so sacred to me.