Name: Sanjo Butsudan — MASTER'S ARTISTRY
Uploaded: 2015-01-01
Description: The Tsubame-Sanjo area has been famous for metalwork since the early Edo period, its skills renowned worldwide. Sanjo Buddhist altars feature elaborat

Sanjo Butsudan

Metalwork mastery meets sacred craft

The Tsubame-Sanjo area has been famous for metalwork since the early Edo period, its skills renowned worldwide. Sanjo Buddhist altars feature elaborate hand-forged decorative metal fittings and ornate inner shrines built closest in spirit to the Kyoto tradition.

Sanjo Butsudan

Buddhist Altars of Sanjo

The Tsubame-Sanjo metalworking tradition dating to early Edo forms the backbone of these altars' distinctive character.

Sanjo Butsudan are known for imaginatively crafted hand-forged metal fittings, and for inner shrines (kuuden) that adhere most faithfully to the Kyoto altar tradition.

○ Main production area: Sanjo City, Tsubame City, Niigata City

Sanjo-Tsubame-Nishikan Butsudan Association
1-2-40 Suidocho, Tsubame 959-1262 (inside Takasan Butsugu-ten)
Tel: 0256-62-3756
Email: littele-wing.sky@ae.auone-net.jp