KASHIWAGI ART FOUNDRY

ODAWARA-IMONO was born in year around 1500 with came down the manufacturing tecnique from Osaka, and many claftmans who moved from Osaka had alive in Odawara, Kanagawa-pref.,
where near place from Mt. Fuji,and The KASHIWAGI-FAMILY was born in here as one of them.
And now, TERUYUKI KASHIWAGI who is young IIIrd of KASHIWAGI ART FOUNDRY is only one successor who has been to tradition the manufactuaring method and spirits bornly.

Investigated of the unique manufacturing tecnique for the ODAWARA IMONO by
late HARUMITSU KASHIWAGI,who is a creator of KASHIWAGI ART FOUNDRY, which called "SAHARI".
ODAWARA-IMONO has 2 kind of low materials, it is a Brass and a SAHARI. The Brass is an alloy consist of copper and a zinc.
And the SAHARI is an alloy consist of copper and over 20% of tin. This SAHARI is very difficult the foundry or the processing, and the strength is brittle than other irons.
But the graceful lingering sound is lasting long, and heal you heart.

Harumitsu Kashiwagi. his casting technique had been create many superior sound in the world.
In that, his produced cymbal had evaluate the quality, and it dig as the ZILZJIAN who is a most famous
maker of cymbal in the world.
And his making high-quality sound was not only to recognaized by YAMAHA (his cymbal had supply to the YAHAMA bland at OEM in fact), Akira Kurosawa/黒澤　明, who was a most favorit cinnema director in Japan, had enchanted at Kashiwagi's SAHARI FURIN sound.
In a scene of movie AKAHIGEA/赤ひげ which one of the KUROSAWA's masterpiece movie, 300 pcs of SAHARI FURIN sound had express the outpourings human heart skillful with the clearly SAHARI sound without actor's part.
At the stage of making this AKAHIGE, Akira Kurosawa examined with Nanbu furin, Edo furin or several kind of FURIN sound. But these sound wich to satisfy him one also did not, and he coming to abondond his stage effect plan.
A few days later, the asistant directer of this AKAHIGE tried to hear a SAHARI FUURIN, wich owned in his house, to Kurosawa, and Kurosawa just shounted out, "Get the SAHARI !!!!"
After filmed this sean, Akira Kurosawa was award to Harumitsu Kashiwagi a following picture which he took with SAHARI FURIN as an acknowledgement.

The young III rd TERUYUKI KASHIWAGI says that "I want to bring a happy or deep impression to many peoples of the world with only my SAHARI sound, so I have been to do more quest my manufacturing tecnique for SAHARI products.
He's claftman spirit has strains into the TANZAKU.
Usualy, EDO-FURIN or other most of furin has assinged a single of writing paper as a tanzaku.
But KASHIWAGI has 3 varieties of quaint, artistic and aesthetic tanzaku for his furin.
They are pasted 3 peaces of colorful Japanese paper WASHI.
And given a water proof coating with Japanese lacquer URUSHI to it.
And more, he line uped the HAKONE YOSEGI-ZAIKU.
This HAKONE YOSEGI-ZAIKU is too one of Japanese traditional handwork clafts, it several varieties wooden claft HAKONE YOSEGI-ZAIKU.
And you can choice these tanzaku as you like when you buy ODAWARA FURIN only at this sight "ENGAWA", or visit to the KASHIWAGI ART FOUNDRY, Odawara Japan

Caution:
Other manufacture's low quality imitation has into the market which molded with used mold taken out from
KASHIWAGI ART FOUNDRY.
"ODAWARA IMONO KENKYU-SHO" have not pitty of knowledge and some of spirits for the ODAWARA IMONO.
But they has been distribute their low quality imitation into the market, for example a famous department in Ginza, Tokyo, says that "The quality of our fuurin is as well as KASHIWAGI's products." , but it is not truth. So please take care well.