Yakimeshi-kettle
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HISTORY Taught by Sen Senso The first person who made tea kettle for tea ceremony was said to be Miyazaki Hikokuro Yoshikazu, who served the fifth lord of Kaga Clan. Yoshikazu is the grand-son of a caster, Miyazaki Hikokuro Yoshitsuna who in 1581 moved to Kanazawa from his home town Nakai of Noto (presently Anamizu Town) by invitation from Maeda Toshiie, the founder of Kaga clan, to manufacture armors and metal works for religious ornaments. Yoshikazu studied casting tea kettles after Sen Senso who was invited from Kyoto as magistrate of tea ceremony. Yoshikazu became clan's designated tea kettle caster. He was given a pseudonym Kanchi-an and produced a number of masterpieces. Currently the 14th descendant is manufacturing tea kettles for Ura-senke tea ceremony school. CHARACTERISTICS There are 30 to 50 molds. Tea kettles are divided into two groups; for furo and for ro. There are 30 to 50 varieties of kettles and they are called ryugo-gama, unryu-gama, kashiwa-gama, fukujukai-gama and so on. The material is Japanese iron (presently recycled from old iron wares of pots and pans). The production is approximately 50 pieces a year. Each production requires 40 different procedures, and orders are hardly filled in time. |