Gyokusendo:Japan's Traditional Craft of Hand-hammered Copperware
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- 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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Thank you for providing us the great opportunity to look around inside the work space. I visited the Ginza Six shop the other day and got interested in Gyokusendo's products. It was very impressive to see how artisans are working and how they have been inheriting the tradition. I now know more about why the products are really beautiful and do hope to visit Tsubame Sanjo someday! 素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます！
Thank you very much for the kind words mowmow! Certainly, it would be our pleasure to welcome you.
Thank you for the tour. I am fascinated with the shop, the techniques and the tools. I too work in a copper shop, but it’s nothing at all like this. Look forward to more content.
@Shane thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah the methods and tools are quite diverse. Many people familiar with the craft are often surprised the artisans sit behind their tools rather than stand in front of them. Might be a Japanese thing.
The octagonal patterns on some of the tea pots is amazing. I can only strive to have that much skill and talent. It’s a beautiful thing to see the honor and dedication these artisans carry too.
Thankyou for the tour it was a lovely reminder of the most special place with exceptional craftsmanship and dedication.
Miss you all & hope you see you again soon l.x
Linda! Thank you! We miss you too! Excited to hear more about your recent work!
hi, how do you tell when a piece is made based on the stamp? I have 2 pieces and I don't see anything discernible as a timestamp?