The brand name is inspired by “The Sixth Night,” one of the stories in Ten Nights of Dreams by the literary master Sōseki Natsume.
In this tale, Unkei—the legendary sculptor of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods—appears in the Meiji era, effortlessly carving Niō guardian statues from wood, not creating but revealing what has always been there.
Unkei is portrayed as a symbol of ancient culture and technique.