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VILLAGE Report #Nambu Ironware

A Nanbu ironware kettle

VILLAGE Report vol.3 Iwate Prefecture | Nanbu ironware and its two sources, Morioka and Mizusawa

Nambu ironware is not the name of a single production area. Morioka developed from tea ceremony kettles, while Mizusawa grew from everyday cast-metal goods. Two traditions with different histories and origins stand side by side under the same name.

VILLAGE Report vol.3 Iwate Prefecture | Nanbu ironware and its two sources, Morioka and Mizusawa

Nambu ironware is not the name of a single production area. Morioka developed from tea ceremony kettles, while Mizusawa grew from everyday cast-metal goods. Two traditions with different histories and origins stand side by side under the same name.