Brass Wind Chime - MaruMaru

A spherical brass wind chime with a soothing tone, crafted in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture.

£99 per item

This spherical brass wind chime is crafted by skilled metalworkers in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture. The city of Takaoka is historically renowned for producing copperware for Buddhist rituals and tea ceremonies. This wind chime is inspired by the orin, a bell used in Buddhist rituals. Like the orin, the wind chime is crafted from brass, and produces a soothing tone when it chimes.
The metalworkers make the wind chimes using long-established techniques, developed from the production of Buddhist ritual objects and Japanese tea ceremony utensils. The bells are sand cast and polished by hand to produce a smooth finish. As a result, each wind chime has a slight difference in weight, texture and tone, reflected in the individual melodic sound that is activated by a gentle breeze.

Individual items will differ from one another slightly, due to their handmade nature.
Brass (60% copper, 40% zinc)

Size : Ø 4.8 × H 4.2 cm

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Chūbu
Region

Chūbu

中部

The central Chūbu region is predominantly mountainous, home to the rugged Japan Alps with coasts on both the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The region's history has been shaped by its strategic position between the great cities of Kyoto and Tokyo with Nagoya at its heart. Niigata lies to the north while Mt Fuji can be found in the south in Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Nousaku
Producer

Nousaku

能作

Nousaku was established in 1916 in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture – an area renowned throughout Japan for its metal-casting industry using copper, brass, bronze and tin. Nousaku craftspeople use a variety of metal casting techniques, meticulously finishing each item by hand.

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