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The excellent "shodo" (calligraphy) work announcement in April at the "shodo" contest in "Shukan NY Seikatsu" (Newspaper in NYC) which we sponsord.

Any of you can apply for this contest.

O How to Apply : Please attach the picture file taken by a digital camera or the scanned PDF file to e-mail and send it to the below address.
Please wirte your 1)residential address, 2)name, 3)telephone number, 4)school name and grade (if you go to a school), and 5)E-mail address in your e-mail.
nyseikatsu.syuji@gmail.com

O Result : We select six good works every month and announce in the "Shukan NY Seikatsu" the 3rd week number.

You can see "Shukan NY Seikatsu" from below website.（P19)
Shukan NY Seikatsu

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February 13th - 17th 2015, we exhibited our various types of brushes at Ambiente 2015, the leading international trade fair for the consumer goods in Frankfurt, Germany, together with Densan -The Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries in Japan.
We aimed for making an opportunity for introducing our brushes, the beauty of JAPANESE traditional handicrafts produced by our great craftsmen.
Our products were very popular and highly appreciated by many guests who seek for traditional products, which are well-designed, high-quality, and unconventional.
Thank you for your visiting our booth.

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The history of our company has a close relation with the history of making the brush in Kumano Town.
Mr. Yasubei Shiromoto became a brush craftsman in 1868 (Meiji 2) and started the brush making in Kumano Town.
Mr. Joichi Shiromoto, (Shodai=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, as a company, started brush manufacturing and selling, officially. Therefore, January 1881 is the official foundation year of our company.
We built a small Temple dedicated to the Kannon, who protects people in the town, in the company in appreciation of the ancestor and/or senior brush craftsman's achievement in 1869 (Meiji 3).
(Although Houto, stone lantern, remained with that time, the temple was rebuilt in 1964 (Showa 39).
We promise and respect tomorrow's prosperity of the town and the company.

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Our makeup brushes are made individually by hand by skilled artisans using materials carefully selected from all over the world. Only highly trained and highly skilled workers, who have mastered traditional brush making skills over a long period, can make these brushes. Many people from all over the world have attested that our make-up brushes are of the highest quality. We will deliver a genuine artisan-made makeup brush.
One of our brushes, “Kumano makeup brush set in KIMONO”, won the Bronze Medal in
the Essential Japan Category at the Most Attractive Japanese Souvenirs Award Competition 2011, organized by the Japan Tourism Agency.
and this item sells in Japanese souvenir shop "桜　Sakura” in narita airport.

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I assumed the position of President and CEO on April 1, 2009. Since its establishment as a brush manufacturer in 1869, Hiroshima Artist Brush Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has manufactured many different types of brushes.
The brush industry has been suffering increasingly in recent years, but as the leading company in the brush industry, we will strive to maintain the traditional craft goods of Japan and export them globally. Our mission is to keep manufacturing products that not only satisfy customers' needs, but also "something creative," "something good,"and "something interesting" while using the best traditional techniques developed over 140 years of brush making.

Kenji Shiromoto, President & CEO

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