Kotabe Foundry
{{Short description|Casting company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Kotabe Foundry
|image = Kotabe Chuzo ac (1).jpg
|location =
|location_city = Sakuragawa
|location_country = Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
|foundation = 1190 - 1199
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.kotabe-chuzo.co.jp}}
|industry = Foundry (Bellfounding)
}}
File:Kotabe Chuzo kura ac (1).jpg
{{nihongo|Kotabe Foundry|小田部鋳造|Kotabe Chuzo}} is a casting company in Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
History
The company established over 800 years ago and operated by the 37th successor to the family business.{{cite web
|url=http://nippon-kichi.jp/article_list.do;jsessionid=3977A03C09BB6190526C321CF90D807E?kwd=3751&ml_lang=en
|title=日本吉 - NIPPON-KICHI
|first=リンククラブ
|last=Linkclub
|date=28 July 2008
|access-date=6 February 2017
}}
It is located in Sakuragawa at the foot of the famous Mount Tsukuba, where sands and clay for the molds are found.
Products
- Temple bells
- Rainwater bowls (Tensuioke)
: etc.{{cite web
|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.kotabe-chuzo.co.jp/&edit-text=&act=url
|title=Odaibu Casting Co., Ltd.
|access-date=6 February 2017
}}
Honpukuji (Matsudo) 15.jpg|Temple bell (Honpuku-ji)
Myokoji Temple (Sosa City, Chiba Prefecture) 04.jpg|Temple bell (Myoko-ji)
Kotabe Chuzo ac (3).jpg|Rainwater bowls
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commonscat|Kotabe Foundry}}
- {{Official|http://www.kotabe-chuzo.co.jp}}
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bells_in_Japanese_Temple Bells in Japanese temples]
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Category:12th-century establishments in Japan