Kubo Komakichi is a Chasen Artisan from the famous Takayama village in Nara, where most of Japan’s traditional Chasen craftsmen are based. He is also the next generation in a family of Chasen craftsmen that stretches back over 500 years of history and refinement. Kubo Tatehiro is the youngest of the only 16 or so remaining chasen masters. These whisks are made from locally grown bamboo in the small village of Takayama in northwest Nara prefecture, famed as the only chasen making village in Japan.
There is an old tradition in Japanese tea ceremony to make the new year's first matcha with "aotake" - fresh green bamboo. These unpeeled bamboo are made especially for the first tea ceremony of the year - to celebrate the new beginning.
The chasen are delivered in airtight packaging which helps maintaining its brilliant green color, which will gradually change and the tools turn to their final light brown color within a few weeks. There may be slight differences in color and shape of the shaft depending on the piece.
*Please note that the green color of the bamboo of the green bamboo chasen changes easily, and the green color may gradually fade.
