Edoya, Nihonbashi — Local services in Tokyo

Established in 1718, one of the few shops in Japan specializing in Japanese and Western brushes. They originated as exclusive brush makers for the Shogun family and made brushes for applying ink when making woodblock prints, painting hanging scrolls, and so on. The skills that have continued to develop for ages and demanded by professional craftsmen are still alive and well. To this day, only natural materials such as pig and horse bristles are used along with the traditional craftsmanship where the bristles are placed in each hole by hand so that the tips of the brushes do not lose shape. Among their more popular items are their clothes brushes, which are known to maintain usability for a long time. The clothes brushes made with delicate, firm, and high-quality pig bristles take good care of fabric by removing lint and dust while keeping...

A unique shop doing business since the Edo period with the craftsmanship still being done in that style. Handmade brushes for home (specially made for cashmere, kimonos, shoes, etc.) of natural materials such as horse and boar hair, fine woods for the handles. Also for artists, a wide variety of paint brushes including those for gold leaf painting as is so popular now. Also make-up brushes. It's brush paradise but in the calm demeanor of a 400-year old tradition. A great find. Go here for all your brush needs. (They also do...

Beautiful store with all hand made brushes that come in all shapes and sizes and fit a variety of uses cards — from brushing your hair or clothes, feather dusting, to cleaning grout or brushing your teeth.

Staff we super friendly in explaining the difference between animal hair types and brushes and helped us pick out a bunch of different brushes...