Trade name: Kobayashi Hake Manufacturing
Founded: Meiji 40 (1907)
Proprietor: Shigemi Tanaka

• Manufacture and sale of mounting, painting restoration, and fine art brushes
• Manufacture and sale of food-service brushes
• Manufacture and sale of select industrial brushes

Workshop
Address: 5-7-5 Fujisaki, Narashino-shi, Chiba
TEL: 047-472-3431
Business Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Shop
Address: 2-7-6 Ikenohata, Taito-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-3821-6296
Business Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Closed: Sundays and public holidays

Shigemi Tanaka

• 3rd-generation head of Kobayashi Hake Manufacturing
• Certified Holder of a Selected Conservation Technique, Agency for Cultural Affairs

Makoto Kobayashi

Kohei Tanaka

• Designated Traditional Craft Brushmaker, Chiba Prefecture