Hannya Kankei Cast-Iron Tetsubin, Pavilion Landscape with Silver Inlay (Kibundo Style)

A cast-iron tetsubin with a pavilion-and-river landscape picked out in silver inlay, after the famous Kibundo kettles, by Takaoka metal artist Hannya Kankei.

Hannya Kankei (born 1933 in Takaoka, Toyama) learned the trade in his father's workshop from 1949, was first selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1969 and has been accepted some 35 times since, becoming a full member of the Japan Kogei Association in 1972. Kibundo of Kyoto was renowned in the Meiji era for richly modelled, inlaid kettles, and this piece follows that style with a cast-bronze lid.

Details

• Artist: Hannya Kankei (般若勘渓)
• Material: cast iron body, karakane bronze lid, silver inlay
• Size: approx. 16.2 cm body diameter (excl. spout) × 23.7 cm high
• Capacity: approx. 5 go (about 0.9 L) or more, per dealer
• Box: wooden box
• Condition: new

Watch: how Takaoka metal casting is done

A TEWAZA craft film showing Takaoka metal-casting techniques, from Japan Traditional Crafts Aoyama Square. (A general craft video — not this piece or maker.)

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