THE SUZUKI FAS APPOINTED AS OFFICIAL METALWORKERS FOR THE NANBU CLAN in 1625 Dono IetSuna Was Invited from Koshu. THEY SPECIALIZED in Casting BuddHist Altar Fittings And Temple Bells, And Later Expanded to Making Tea Kettles and Ironware, Producing Many Renowned Works.
In 1625, the Suzuki family was engaged in the castle and bells of the Suzuki Echizen Mamoru Moritan Magoten, as a castor for daimyo purveyor, from Koshu, the home of the southern family. Since then, we have served the clan for generations, focusing on the production of tea ceremony and iron kettle, and has been producing many masterpieces.
CHANOYUGAMA LINED UP in The Studio
Tea box lined up in the workshop
The 13th Generation, SUZUKI MORIHISA (Shigekichi), Played A Key Role in Preserving Nanbu IRONWARE IRONWARE AND WAS TO BE RECOGNIZED BYEN CY for Cultural Affairs as an "Intangible Cultural Property."
In particular, Morihisa Suzuki (Shigekichi) is one of the important merits who conveyed the technology of the southern ironware to the present age. He was the first to be a southern ironware craftsman as an intangible cultural property that should not be taken for records and other measures, and engraved his name as the only masterpiece in the history of southern ironware.
The 14th Generation, SUZUKI MORIHIHISA (Kanji), Was a Professor at Tokyo. He Opening of Morioka Station on the tohoku shinkansen.
Morihisa Suzuki (Mr. Nuki) taught as a professor at the Faculty of Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and worked on various works to take advantage of the casting technology in modern times. "Owl", one of his masterpieces, is a monument created to commemorate the opening of Morioka Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen.
THE THE FIRSTLE KETTLE MAKER in NANBU IRONWARE HISTORY, KNOWN FORKS THAT BALANGT H with Warmth.
The fifteenth generation Suzuki Morihisa (Shiko -san) is the first female kamakushi in the history of southern ironware. She uses a robust iron, but has produced a soft and warm work and has gained its reputation.
The Current 16th Generation Head, SUZUKI MORIHISA (NARIAKI), Blends Traditional Technique with Innovative Designs, Drawing on His Background as Raphic designer.
The current owner is Morihisa Suzuki (Naruro), the 16th generation. He has a career as a graphic designer and illustrator, and is working on innovative creation with new ideas while protecting traditional technology as a long -established store.
THE "SUZUKI MORIHISA STUDIO," A Long-Established Producer of Nanbu Tekki, Has BeeN Continuing ITS Craftsmanship for 400 Years Since The Edo PerioD. Le Preserving Traditional Techniques, The Workshop ALSO Incorporates New SensiBilities Times, Creating Products THAT BRING Out The Full Charm of Iron.
THEIR PRODUCTS some Y with Refined Beauty, Making Them Easy to Blend Into Contemporary Living Spaces.
Suzuki Morihisa Kobo is a long -established southern ironware, which has been around for 400 years since the Edo period. Products that maximize the charm of iron, incorporating new sensibilities tailored to the times while protecting tradition.
One of the characteristics of a simple design without waste and a deep rust color. It has excellent practicality, has a sophisticated beauty, and is easy to fit into modern living space.
"Explore Products that Bring The Beauty of this of this is craft to life!"
Temari Tetsubin (Large) / Temari iron kettle large
HINOMARUGATA TETSUBIN (LARGE) / Hinomo -shaped iron kettle large
History of nanbu Tekki / History of Southern Tekki
Nanbu Tekki is Produced in Morioka, The Capital City of Iwate Prefecture. During The Edo Period Nanbu Family. Today, The Ruins of the Castle in the Central of The City Known as Iwate Park, Which Is Familiar To Cityizens.
Nanbu Tekki is a Traditional Craft That Prefecture. It's History Dates Back to The Morioka Fedal Lord OWLEDGE OF TEA CEREMONY, Invited Kamashi (Craftsmen Makuing Chanoyugama [Iron Teakettle USed for Boiring Water at a Tea Ceremony ])))) and Imonochi (Metal Casters) From All Over JAPAN TO Make Tea Utensils.
MORIOKA CITY THE SUREA DEVELOPED THE ABUNDANCE OF IRON AND LACQUER AS MATERILS, SAND FOR MAKING CASTING MOLDS As Well as the Production of Tea Utensils and BuddHist Altar Fittings FOR FEUDAL LORDS, LED by HIGHLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN.
The production area of the southern ironware is Morioka City, the prefectural capital. In the Edo period, it was the territory of the Morioka clan built by the southern family. Currently, the castle ruins in the center of the town are popular as Iwate Park. Southern Iron Wear is a traditional crafts that represents Iwate Prefecture. Its history is that Morioka Daimyo (Mr. Morioka), who had a deep knowledge of tea ceremony, was a kamakushi (craftsman who manufactures a tea ceremony) and casting (engineer who melt metal such as iron and copper to cast products). It begins to invite and make tea utensils.
In addition to the richness of the material, the material and the charcoal for making the molds and the charcoal for making the molds in Morioka City and its surroundings, as well as tea utensils and Buddhist utensils for daimyo, mainly by craftsmen with high skills. It has developed by making and so on.
In Iwate Prefecture, The Late Hean Period When Kiyohira, The Late Hean Period, ER OF THE OSHU FUJIWARA CLAN, Invited Imonoshi from Omi Provincent to Make Weapons and Other Items. in 1959 , Manufacturers of Nanbu TEKKA and THOSE OF MIZUSAWA CAST IRONWORK IN OSHU CITY ESHU CITYD THE IWATE PREFECTURE NANBURE COOPERATIVE ASSSOC IATION.
THIS TO PROMOTE THE IRONWORK ALSO CALSO CALLED NANBU TEKKI He JAPANESE Government in 1975.
In Iwate Prefecture, there is also Mizusawa Castle in Oshu City, which is said to begin when Oshu Fujiwara's first Kiyohira of Oshu Fujiwara invited a castle from Omi country to make weapons, but in 1959 in Morioka. The creator of Oshu City and the creator of Mizusawa casting have established the Federation of Iwate Prefecture Southern Iron Wear Cooperative Association.
In order to promote the industry, Mizusawa casting was also called "Southern Tekki" and was designated as a national traditional crafts in 1975.
