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Wine Bottle Cooler / Okeei

Wood & Bamboo

Craft Company: Okeei

ORIGIN: Tokyo
SIZE: Φ180×H210mm
MATERIAL: Sawara cypress

The subtle style of an Edo craftsman

This wooden bucket was crafted by the sole remaining yuiokeshi, or traditional bucket craftsman, in Tokyo. The smooth sawara cypress boards joined seamlessly together and the refined silver hoops exude a subdued elegance. In the past, these buckets were tools of daily life, but today they can enrich our lives not as necessities, but as exceptional products whose graceful and stylish appearance continue to embody the spirit of Edo craftsmanship in our modern lives.

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Eifu Kawamata

KOGEI & Me VOL.25

Eifu Kawamata is the 4th generation of “Okeei” who inherited the manufacturing of the Edo wooden tub since the Meiji era. He did not aspire to become an artisan when he was a child, but he started to have an interest in art and the Japanese culture during his university days. Aft...

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Tagamono (Cooperage)
- Classification
- Technique
A technique of woodworking to make containers and products by fastening wooden slats which are placed upright in a circle using a hoop called “taga”. It includes tubs and barrels.
Taga (Hoop)
- Others
A ring made of metal or bamboo. It is put around a wooden tub or barrel to fasten it.