Q&A with Hideharu Motoi, 14th-Generation Bell Maker
It isn’t every day that you have the opportunity to learn from someone whose expertise is backed by roughly 400 years of experience, but the business of bells is ancient. In Japan, where bell making traditions span millennia, no narrative of the country’s campanological prowess would be complete without a nod to Hideharu Motoi – 14th in a family line of bell makers dating back to the mid-Edo Period (1603-1868).