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Tsugaru lacquerware Tsugaru nuri
- Lacquerware
- Aomori
Tsugaru lacquerware (called tsugaru nuri in Japanese) is produced around the city of Hirosaki in Aomori prefecture. Lacquerware has been produced in this region since the middle of the Edo period (1603-1868), but it began to be called Tsugaru lacq…
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Echizen lacquerware Echizen shikki
- Lacquerware
- Fukui
Echizen lacquerware (called Echizen shikki in Japanese) is produced in the area around the city of Sabae in Fukui prefecture. Lacquer is at the center of life in the Echizen district of Sabae, which is known as the city of manufacturing. The notab…
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Kagawa lacquerware Kagawa shikki
- Lacquerware
- Kagawa
Kagawa lacquerware (called Kagawa shikki in Japanese) is produced in the area around the city of Takamatsu, Kagawa prefecture. There is a wide range of products, such as cake boxes, trays, low tables, and display cases, which are widely popular fo…
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Wakasa lacquerware Wakasa nuri
- Lacquerware
- Fukui
Wakasa lacquerware (called Wakasa-nuri in Japanese) is produced in the area around the city of Obama, Fukui prefecture. It is said to have originated in the early Edo period (1603-1868) when a craftsman serving the Obama domain (now the city of Ob…
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Tokyo fine-patterned dyeing Tokyo some komon
- Dyed textiles
- Tokyo
Tokyo fine-patterned dyeing (called Tokyo some komon in Japanese) is a stencil dyed textile produced in different wards of Tokyo like Shinjuku and Setagaya. It was designated as a traditional national craft in 1976. This textile can seem plain fro…
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Tokyo textiles Tokyo tegaki yuzen
- Dyed textiles
- Tokyo
Tokyo Tegaki Yuzen are kimono textiles produced in Shinjuku Ward, Nerima Ward and Nakano Ward, Tokyo. Having been produced in the townsmen culture of Edo (current Tokyo), a refined stylishness is expressed in its soft, subdued colors. Unlike other…
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Tokyo Honzome Chusen Tokyo Honzome Chusen
- Dyed textiles
- Tokyo
Chusen is a dyeing technique to pour dye onto the fabric. By pouring dye onto layers of fabric from the top and bottom, both sides of the fabric are dyed beautifully so that there is no difference between the back side and front side. Fabrics dyed…
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Tokyo Plain Dyeing Tokyo mujizome
- Dyed textiles
- Tokyo
Tokyo Plain Dyeing, called Tokyo Mujizome in Japanese, is a plain dyed textile that started in the mid-Edo period by dyeing artisans as plain dyeing of Edo Murasaki(Edo Purple), indigo, safflower and Edo Cha(Edo Brown). The current main productio…
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