Nanbu Tekki Tetsubin ZAKU (GREEN) Tea Pot, Premium Bandai

From "Mobile Suit Gundam", the iron kettle "Nanbu Tekki iron kettle ZAKU (GREEN)" with the motif of Zaku's head is now available! Reservations will be accepted at Premium Bandai from 13:00 on May 12, 2021 (Wednesday). It is also scheduled to be sold at GUNDAM Café and GUNDAM SQUARE in late June 2021 (finished as soon as the number of preparations is reached).

What is Nanbu Tekki?

Nanbu Tekki in Oshu City is said to have started when Kiyohira Fujiwara invited a caster from Omi no Kuni (Shiga Prefecture) during the Heian period (1088). In this neighborhood, the foundry industry prospered and became established because it was easy to obtain mold materials such as iron sand, charcoal, and high-quality sand and clay from the ruins of the Kitakami River in Haneda, which is the hinterland of the Kitakami Mountains. did.

Casting in Oshu City is said to have played a part in Hiraizumi culture by making Bonsho and Buddhist altars during the heyday of Hiraizumi, a current historical heritage. During the Edo period, under the protection of the Date feudal clan, the production of castings of daily necessities such as iron pots and iron pots, as well as Buddhist implements, flourished. In the 30's, the castings made in both Morioka City and Oshu City came to be collectively called Nanbu Tekki and continue to the present day. Nanbu Tekki made in Morioka City and Oshu City was designated as a traditional craft designated by the Minister of International Trade and Industry (currently a traditional craft designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) on February 17, 1975.