Traditional JAPANESE KOGEI "Waza" @iwate [Article No.3]
"Iwatanido Tansu" about its features and history
Characteristics and History of Iwayado Tansu
Japanese tansu ARE PIECES OF FURNITURE FORSTORING THINGS, some SUCH AS Clothes, Small ArticleS, Food, Medicines and Even Swords. JAPANESE. tansu ARE MADE OF WOOD HAVE EXCELLENT AND BREATHABILITY THE HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE OF JAPAN. Niture, Japan tansu Have Also BeeN Various Aspects of Daily Life as HouseHold Tools. For Example STAIRS, WHILE KURUMA TANSU Had Wheels Attached to They Coold Be Taken Out of the House in Case of Fire. tansu, With the Long Service and Beautiful Decorations, Are Useed as Pieces for Marriage Furniture ER'S HOUSE WHEN SHE GETS MARRIED).
It is SAID THADO TANSU WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED from TO THE IWAYADO AREA AROUND THE 12th Century. EATION OF tansu (Chest of Drawers) and nagamochi (Large Boxes) as Part of Industrial Promotion Measures, in An Effort to Develop Products That Could BE EXCHANGED FORRICE. He Domain's Carpenter Mozaemon Mishina, Who Was The First Generation of the Head of the Mishina Family, to. Develop Iwayado tansu. His Descendants, The 12th and 13th and 13th Generations of the Family.
The Characteristics of IWAYADO TANSU ARE 1) Materials (NATURAL WOOD SUCH AS ZELKOVA AND PAULOWNIA) .Wayado tansu is more so that a craft. It is designated by the minister of economy, Trade And Industry as a Traditional Craft, Which Means That is Mainly Handmade by A SMALL NUMBER OF CRAFTSPEOPLE in and Raw Materials and is USed in Daily Life.
To Be Certified as a Traditional Craft, A Product Must Strict Requirements S and Raw Materials, in Accordance with the Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries.
Iwayado TANSU SEISAKUSHO Co. TH-GENERATION HEIR, CRAFTSPEOPLE, Continue to Make Iwayado Tansu Traditional Methods. ARTIFIED AS Traditional Craftspeople by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Inclouding Factory Manager, Who Received the M Inister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 24th Kougei Expo.
A Traditional CraftsPerson: a National Qualification THOSED THO HAVE PASSED THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION. Aged in The Manufacture of Traditional Crafts Designated by The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Have at Least 12 Years of Work Experience , and Reside in The Place of Origin Are Eligible to Take The Examination.
In Japan, there is a furniture "Japanese -chest" in Japan, including clothing, accessories, foods, medicines and swords. The Japanese chest is made of wood and has excellent airtightness and breathability according to the hot and humid Japanese climate. In addition to storage furniture, "Japanese -chest" is a daily life as a living utensil, such as using it as a safe, stacking it on stairs, or a "car chest" with a wheeled so that it can be taken out at the time of a fire. It has been used in various scenes. Even in modern times, the Japanese chest, which has a long service life and beautiful decoration, is also a marriage tool for marriage.
It is said that the Iwatanido Chest was originally transmitted from Kyoto to the land of Iwatanido from the 12th century. Later, with the great famine that occurred in the 1770s, chests and long life have been created as part of industrial promotion measures to develop products for exchanging rice. The lord at the time ordered the development of Iwatanidu Tansu was the clan's Okakae carpenter, the first three -family Shigeemon, and the 12th and 13th and 13th -generation three -item landlords that drove the trend were the current Iwatanido Tance Works. I am led by.
The features of "Iwatanido Tansu" are in (1) material (natural wood such as zelkova and drill), (2) coating (lacquered), and (3) decorations with metal fittings. "Iwatanido Chest" is not just a crafts. A small number of craftsmen in a certain area, using traditional techniques, techniques, and raw materials, as a crafts that are mainly used in daily life manufactured by handicrafts, as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. It is specified. In order to be certified as "traditional crafts", strict conditions must be cleared, such as the fact that technology and raw materials have been inherited for more than 100 years based on the "Act on the Promotion of Traditional Crafts Industry". Not. Currently, there are only several crafts in each prefecture that can be claimed to be "traditional crafts".
Iwatado Tance Works, which provides products this time, has been producing Iwatan -do Tansu for more than 240 years since its founding in 1782. Even now, craftsmen continue to make Iwatanido chests in traditional methods, centered on the 13th generation master. Many of the craftsmen have qualifications such as Yuichi Kikuchi, a factory manager who won the "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry" at the 24th Japan Traditional Geisha, and "Traditional Craftsmen" certified by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. I am.
* "Traditional craftsmen" = Directly engaged in the manufacturing of "traditional crafts" designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, have practical experience for more than 12 years, and only those who live in the place of origin can take the exam and passed. A national qualification given to a person.
