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The history of our company has a close relation with the history of fude-making (brush-making) in Kumano Town.

About 180 years ago (the end of the Edo-period), the young villagers, who were the pioneers of fude- making in Kumano Town, learned the skills from fude craftsmen in Kinki area in Japan. At the same time, Hiroshima clan encouraged selling fude as one of Hiroshima’s crafts toward all over the country. Then both fude-making and selling toward the other area was established in Kumano Town.
Mr. Yasubei Shiromoto (great-great-grandfather of the current President) became a brush craftsman in 1869 (Meiji 2) and started fude-making in Kumano Town.
Mr. Shodai Joichi Shiromoto (Joichi Shiromoto I (First)) received the license from Hiroshima Prefecture as "Fude Yui (making and selling brushes)" first in Kumano Town in January 1881 (Meiji 14), and we started brush manufacturing and selling, officially. Therefore, January 1881 is the official foundation year of our company.

Mr. Nidai Jouichi Shiromoto (Jouichi Shiromoto II (Second)) worked with the other manufacturers in Kumano Town to establish Kumanofude Cooperative (so called “Fude Kumiai”) in order to achieve manufacturers’ and craftsmen’s technological improvement and joint buying of raw materials of Kumanofude in 1947 and appointed as First Chairman of Kumanofude Cooperative. He and his son, Mr. Katsushi Shiromoto (Second Chairman of Kumanofude Cooperative) had endeavored for development of Kumanofude.

Thank you for your long-time patronage to our company and our brushes! We started "150th Anniversary Promotion! Making Brushes Since 1869" until December 31, 2019.
We would grant 1000 points which can be used for shopping in our HP (for US$10) to the person who register as a member during a promotion period.
Please register as a member from the following URL. (Please also see how to use your points from the following URL.)
https://www.artbrush-hiroshima.com/en/member/

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