VILLAGE Report
VILLAGE Report vol.4 Miyagi Prefecture | Miyagi traditional kokeshi and why its five lineages did not blend together
Naruko, Sakunami, Togatta, Yajiro, and Hijiori. Miyagi Prefecture is home to five kokeshi traditions, each preserving its own distinct expression. This is the story of those five traditions, collectively designated a national traditional craft in 1981.
VILLAGE Report vol.4 Miyagi Prefecture | Miyagi traditional kokeshi and why its five lineages did not blend together
Naruko, Sakunami, Togatta, Yajiro, and Hijiori. Miyagi Prefecture is home to five kokeshi traditions, each preserving its own distinct expression. This is the story of those five traditions, collectively designated a national traditional craft in 1981.
VILLAGE Report vol.3 Iwate Prefecture | Nanbu ironware and its two sources, Morioka and Mizusawa
Nambu ironware is not the name of a single production area. Morioka developed from tea ceremony kettles, while Mizusawa grew from everyday cast-metal goods. Two traditions with different histories and origins stand side by side under the same name.
VILLAGE Report vol.3 Iwate Prefecture | Nanbu ironware and its two sources, Morioka and Mizusawa
Nambu ironware is not the name of a single production area. Morioka developed from tea ceremony kettles, while Mizusawa grew from everyday cast-metal goods. Two traditions with different histories and origins stand side by side under the same name.
VILLAGE Report vol.2 Aomori Prefecture | Tsugaru lacquerware, the 40-plus rounds once called “foolish lacquering”
Polish, then lacquer; lacquer, then polish. Tsugaru lacquerware repeats this process more than 40 times and takes over two months to complete. This is the story of lacquerware designated a traditional craft in 1975 and Aomori Prefecture’s first Important Intangible Cultural Property in 2017.
VILLAGE Report vol.2 Aomori Prefecture | Tsugaru lacquerware, the 40-plus rounds once called “foolish lacquering”
Polish, then lacquer; lacquer, then polish. Tsugaru lacquerware repeats this process more than 40 times and takes over two months to complete. This is the story of lacquerware designated a traditional craft in 1975 and Aomori Prefecture’s first Important Intangible Cultural Property in 2017.
VILLAGE Report vol.1 Hokkaido | Nibutani Ita and Nibutani Attus, the first step in the north
The first items in Hokkaido to be designated national traditional crafts were the Ita and Attus of Nibutani in Biratori Town. The designation came in 2013. To begin a new series visiting all 47 prefectures, we look at trays and woven cloth handed down in the Saru River basin.
VILLAGE Report vol.1 Hokkaido | Nibutani Ita and Nibutani Attus, the first step in the north
The first items in Hokkaido to be designated national traditional crafts were the Ita and Attus of Nibutani in Biratori Town. The designation came in 2013. To begin a new series visiting all 47 prefectures, we look at trays and woven cloth handed down in the Saru River basin.
[VILLAGE Report vol.17] This paper is repairing cultural properties around the world | Kochi Prefecture
Tosa washi is used around the world as repair paper for artworks and cultural properties. Tosa forged blades account for 60% of Japan’s forestry blades.
[VILLAGE Report vol.17] This paper is repairing cultural properties around the world | Kochi Prefecture
Tosa washi is used around the world as repair paper for artworks and cultural properties. Tosa forged blades account for 60% of Japan’s forestry blades.
[VILLAGE Report vol.16] The sixth pottery to be recognized | Ehime Prefecture
Tobe ware received national designation in Showa 51, the sixth pottery in Japan to do so. Its features are a “somewhat thick, undecorated form.”
[VILLAGE Report vol.16] The sixth pottery to be recognized | Ehime Prefecture
Tobe ware received national designation in Showa 51, the sixth pottery in Japan to do so. Its features are a “somewhat thick, undecorated form.”