Japan · Wooden toys by Kentaro Eguchi
Eguchi Toys
Eguchi Toys makes children’s things design lovers don’t hide away: pastel beech villages, animal puzzles with real depth, walnut rattles and wooden birds that flap across the ceiling at the pull of a strap.
Shop Eguchi Toys
Wooden toys, puzzles and mobiles.
The designer
Kentaro Eguchi
Kentaro Eguchi trained as a fine artist at the School of Visual Arts in New York before turning to toys.
His pieces keep an artist’s eye for colour and form, made simple enough for small hands.
Art for small hands
Soft colours, smooth wood and quiet movement: toys that sit as happily on a shelf as on the floor.
Why buy Eguchi Toys from LoftModern
Natural wood
Beech and walnut, smoothly finished.
Designed to display
Toys that look good in any room.
Help before you buy
Ask us about sizes, finishes and lamping. We answer every question before your order is placed.
Trade and project orders
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![Landscape Blocks Large by Eguchi Toys, house, trees and pink mountain blocks]()
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Eguchi Toys makes the kind of children's things design lovers don't hide away: pastel beech villages, animal puzzles with real depth, walnut rattles and wooden birds that flap across the ceiling at the pull of a strap.
The Design Story
Kentaro Eguchi trained as a fine artist at New York's School of Visual Arts before spending decades in early-childhood classrooms: he is a qualified Montessori teacher and opened Ivy's House kindergarten in Taipei in 1997. In 2015 he started Eguchi Toys, where designers, carpenters and preschool educators work together on toys that meet children where they are and still look beautiful in a modern home. The collection has travelled to Maison&Objet Paris and the Nuremberg International Toy Fair, and the flying birds took a Golden Pin Design Award in 2017.
Explore the Collection
- Landscape Blocks: Kentaro Eguchi's pastel towns and mountains in handmade beech. Landscape Blocks Medium, Landscape Blocks Large
- Animal Puzzles: Two wooden layers, one animal and its home in nature. Reindeer Puzzle, Polar Bear Puzzle
- Rattles: Walnut-and-beech first toys with a gentle sound. Horn Rattle, Hippo Rattle
- Bird Mobiles: Pull the leather strap and the wings rise and fall. Bird Mobile Medium, Blue, Bird Mobile Medium, Wood, Stork Mobile Large, Wood
Made to Be Handed Down
Solid wood, handwork and a teacher's eye for what children actually do: that is what you pay for with Eguchi. These are toys that survive siblings and end up on a shelf as keepsakes.
At a glance: Eguchi Toys (Eguchi Co., Ltd.), founded 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan, by Kentaro Eguchi · founder also founded Ivy's House Montessori kindergarten (1997) · designed and made in Taiwan · US CPSIA tested · exhibited at Maison&Objet Paris and the Nuremberg International Toy Fair · Mobile Birds series: Golden Pin Design Award and Cultural and Creative Excellence Award (2017)
Questions We Hear Most
Who is behind Eguchi Toys?
Kentaro Eguchi, a fine-art graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York and a Montessori teacher who founded Ivy's House kindergarten in Taipei in 1997 and Eguchi Toys in 2015.
Do Eguchi toys work as home decor?
Yes, that is part of the design: the bird mobiles are meant for living rooms as much as nurseries, and the puzzles and blocks look good on a shelf.
Are Eguchi toys a good baby-shower gift?
The walnut rattles and the bird mobiles are our favorite new-baby gifts; the blocks and puzzles suit children from three.
Is Eguchi Toys connected to Montessori?
Yes. The founder is a Montessori teacher and the brand designs its toys around the Montessori idea that children are naturally motivated to learn.
Where does LoftModern get Eguchi Toys?
In-stock items leave within 2–3 business days.