Iwachu’s traditional Japanese cast iron teapot

Japanese cast iron Nambu tekki is the well-known traditional craft in Iwate Prefecture. The region is in the Tohoku area where is covered heavy snow in winter. That’s why we feel the warmth of the solid tableware.

Since the birth of Nambu tekki in the 17th century, the Tohoku people have loved the black teapot. Around the country, there were some ups and downs through 300 years. Especially, the production was restricted during the WW2.

Therefore most of the Nambu tekki craftsman close down their works. Also because of the change of the lifestyle in Japan, the old-fashioned tableware became to disappear in the late 20th century.

But the Japanese people rediscover its functionality in these days. And the Nambu tekki makers create the new design for the men of today and other countries. Iwachu is one of the most popular Nambu tekki makers.

Best known Nambu tekki maker Iwachu

Iwachu Company started in 1902. The founder is Iwashimizu. The name of the company is the combination of his family name and cast iron in Japanese “chutetsu”.

Today, there are only 21 board certified Nambu tekki traditional craftsmen in Japan. The certified craftsmen of the maker are Kiyosue Ⅲ (Mizusawa Shigeki), Kiyoshige Ⅲ (Yaegashi Ryo), and Kiyosue Ⅳ (Fujiwara Shinichi).

The Japanese people considered a traditional craft as behind the times. But while they continue to make the classic style black and plump cast iron teapot, also create the colorful or stylish kyusu. Their products cross the oceans and attain popularity.

Iwachu teapot (kyusu) at Amazon

Nambu tekki kyusu has high functionality. Because …

1. High heat retaining
2. Resistant to rust
3. Strong and last long
4. The best temperature for drinking Japanese green tea (of course, it’s OK for Western tea or oolong tea!) 

If you want to know more about Nambu tekki teapot, please click the following link! 

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Japanese kyusu cast iron teapot (Nambu Tekki)

Traditional Nambu Tekki teapotWhen we drink Japanese green tea, we surely use a kyusu to pour the drink into cups. Most of the Japanese kyusu teapot on the market are made of the ceramics. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({});You can indeed treat a ceramic teapot easily because it is light. But you shouldn't overlook the attraction of the Nambu Tekki kyusu. It has superb functionality as well as unique designability. The name of Nambu comes from the ancient feudal Nam...

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1 Cassic Arare pattern, black, 22ounce capacity

Here is the classic style of Nambu tekki teapot. Arare means hailstone in Japanese and the dots make the teapot have the more heat-retaining ability. The color of Matte black always relaxes us.

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2 Goldfish pattern, black and copper, 22 ounce capacity

Goldfishes and ripples with the subdued copper color are beautiful. Goldfish is often used as a traditional Japanese pattern.

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3 Maple leaves pattern, black and gold, 22 ounce capacity

Maple leaves are one of the symbolic trees of the autumn season in Japan. The combination of black and gold is also superb. 

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4 Honeycomb pattern, silver and lavender color, 22 ounce capacity

Iwachu produces various colored Nambu Tekki kyusu in these days. Especially, this silver and light purple teapot with honeycomb pattern is beautiful. It would go well with Western-style tableware.

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5 Hikifune shape, grass green, 23 ounce capacity

The entirely new design. Hikifune is tugboat in Japanese. The surface is so smooth and the color is soft like spring grass.

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6 Square shape, antique brown, 41 ounce capacity

This is one of the largest teapots in Iwachu products. It is really suited for a big family. The craggy brown teapot is associated with an ancient time.

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Large Japanese cast iron tetsubin teapots from Amazon.com

Large size Nambu Tekki kyusu teapots made in Japan 41 ounce tetsubin kyusu   The traditional Japanese cast iron Nambu Tekki teapot is high-quality and has some good things to use.Enjoy Nambu Tekki Japanese cast iron teapot (kyusu) That is why the Japanese people change their opinion of Nambu Tekki which they regarded as old-fashioned. More and more seek a good product than mass-produced goods in these days. Therefore, the various kinds of colors, shapes, and sizes of ...

7 Flat shape, Hailstone pattern, black, 16 ounce capacity

This smaller kyusu is good for a few people. The disk-shaped and hailstones are so impressive. And it has high stability.

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! Caution !

Though the titles of the products contain “Tetsubin” which means cast iron kettle in Japanese language, these are NOT a kettle but a teapot. So you can’t put them on a flame. If you look for Nambu tekki kettle, please check the page of “Tetsubin, Japanese cast iron tea kettle (Nambu Tekki)“.

And if you look for a modern kyusu, please check the page!

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10 modern style kyusu (Japanese teapot) from the traditional crafts

Traditional but not old-fashioned ceramic or cast iron teapot kyusu The culture of Japan also has continued to change day by day. Meanwhile, the unchanged traditional crafts became to receive the reputation of "out‐of‐date" in the country.  The people overseas firstly had found much of interest in but the East ethnic products gradually lost the attraction for them. They, however, never lost the functional beauty. It's just fell behind the times on the designabili...

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