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Brooms & DustpansIssue 43 — Moody Blues

Handmade Japanese Hand Brooms and Brushes, Rustic Edition

October 23, 2017

Why shouldn’t a broom be as beautiful as the other objects in your home? Lately we’re admiring handmade brooms from Japan; here’s a selection.

tawa shuro brooms
Above: A traditional Tawa Shuro Broom, made by Takada Tawashi from the bark of hemp palm trees bounded with copper wire, via 4WD Networks (contact them directly for ordering information).

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Above: The handmade Ko-Boki Broom is made of broom corn with black hemp yarn; $40.46 from Analogue Life. A similar Matsunoya Japanese Small Broom made from bamboo is $43 from Unionmade in San Francisco.
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Above: A selection of scrub brushes from Takada Tawashi is available from Monoina; prices start at 800 yen ($7).
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Above: From Japanese company Matsunoya, the Shuro Tawashi Brush for scrubbing pots and pans is $16.71 from Analogue Life, which says, “The brushes are handmade by specialist craftsmen, who bound shuro palm tightly with wire in a cylindrical shape that fits well in the hand. The shuro is a tree in the palm family, native to Kyushu that has a fibrous bark. Used to make ropes and brushes, shuro brooms and brushes have been used in Japan since the Edo period.”
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Above: The Keyboard Broom is $7.60.
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Yonezawa Hoki Kobo

Ko-Boki Broom

¥4,600.00 JPY from Analogue Life

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