In early 17th century, Shogun Toshinaga Maeda called leading craftsmen from Kyoto/Osaka area to let them manufacture silver/copper/iron ware along with lacquered wooden tableware in Takaoka when he built Takaoka castle and surrounding city. Since then, skills and technologies have been developed and inherited over the generations and well contributing to the evolution of Japanese arts in the area of tea ceremony, flower arrangement and religious (Buddhism) furniture.
Mr. Shinobu Ogoshi/Owner, has been supporting Takaoka castings for many years through collaborations with the specialists in the field of metallic works and wood lacquer coatings on top of his own fabrication activities. Ginshodo locates in the neighborhood of the national treasure, Zuiryuji in Takaoka and this is where you can see state of the art articles in iron/silver metals.
Additional metal engraving technics can be applied for special taste.
For more details, please contact to : sales@mon-ko.jp
All the images and photos are provided by the courtesy of Ginshodo in Takaoka, Toyama Japan.
https://www.ginshodo.jp