Tsubame-Sanjo Factory Festival Live Broadcast
Local guide takes you on a virtual tour of Gyokusendo, a 200 year old copperware maker in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture. He introduces the workshop’s history, some of the items made, and interviews a young artisan.
Established in 1816, making kettles and other daily use items, Gyokusendo has now become a bit of a brand name for copperware in the region. Family run for 7 generations, the workshop first made its international debut in 1873 at the Vienna International Exhibition and has since devoted themselves to creating items with not only functional utility but with artistic beauty.
Gyokusendo
EST 1816. Gyokusendo has been producing copperware for over 200 years. The inheritors of a traditional hand-hammering technique that is an official Intangible Cultural Property, Gyokusendo manufactures a wide variety of copper vessels, including tea implements, sakeware, and flower vases. Hand-hammered from a single sheet of copper, each vessel shapes itself to the user, developing a new glow with age.
Phone - (+81) (0)256-62-2015
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Website
https://www.gyokusendo.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/gyokusendo1816/
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https://www.facebook.com/gyokusendo.en
Facebook (jp)
https://www.facebook.com/gyokusendo
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