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"Edoya" for 300 years after making brushes

[Tachibana] July 24, 2013 14:00

Do you know the difference between brushes and brushes?

In the era of the 7th Shogun's family, he became a "brusher" with the Shogun's family, and in 1718, he became a Shogun's family.

A shop that has been brushing for nearly 300 years since receiving the name of "Edoya", and has been making brushes since the Meiji era.

I'll introduce you.

 

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Outside signboard of Edoya

The street in front of the store is the old Nikko Kaido (currently Daidenma Honcho-dori St.).

Now you can see the Sky Tree in front of you.

 

Brushes are made by sandwiching horse hair, goat hair, human hair, etc. with trees. It seems that the hair tip is more important than anything.

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This brush is used when applying lacquer.

It's made of human hair.

On the other hand, brushes are made by drilling holes in the base and planting hairs.

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The brush on the left is used when printing on a wooden box.

It's a brush

 

In addition, there are various types of products such as toothbrushes, makeup brushes, grandchild hand brushes, and scourers.

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Why don't you take a look at the shop once?

 

URL: http://www.nihonbashi-edoya.co.jp/index.html

 

 

 

 
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