Futakataya

Since its founding, its technique, tradition, and materials have been passed down from generation to generation, creating ringing hardware that has a special focus on sound and timbre. Utilizing “Sahari” a precious metal that has been used for over 1300 years since the Nara Period and is often found in the treasures of Shosoin. The fifth-generation, Futakataya Kazuaki continues to use this technique that only a few workshops continue to do as this requires over 200 different handcrafted processes to complete, in order to create a masterpiece that will continue to sound better and better the more you use it.