Magnets created using techniques handed down from the Edo period

Tsukada Kobou has been producing Edo Kimekomi Ningyo (wood and cloth dolls) for six generations in Mukojima, Sumida-ku. These magnets are made using the traditional “Kimekomi” technique. The motifs are “the Great Wave off Kanagawa” and “Fine Wind, Clear Morning”, two of the most famous works by Hokusai Katsushika, a world-famous Ukiyo-e artist born in Sumida. Each magnet is made by hand by carving grooves in the traditional material “toso” and filling the grooves with crape cloth using glue. The snowy landscape on Mt.Fuji is hand painted one by one. Please welcome the tiny yet gorgeous Sumida magnets.