SagaArt & CraftsArita
Arita Ceramic Fair
Four kilometres of stalls and half a million visitors - the whole district's output visible in one week.
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SagaArt & CraftsSaga
Butsudan of Saga
A strongly Pure Land region kept the altar trade alive, its lacquering, gilding and metalwork divided between hands.
Saga
Nabeshima Dantsu Rugs
Cotton rugs knotted one stitch at a time as domain tribute; the craft lapsed and was reconstructed.
Arita
Contemporary Arita
At its 400th anniversary the district began pairing kilns with foreign designers - a tradition deliberately updating itself.
Karatsu
Karatsu Kilns and the Tataki Method
Clay compacted by beating with a paddle rather than thrown - a Korean method still in use here.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Two blocks straddling a canal, joined by a bridge, holding Japan's foremost collection of Spanish art.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Peace Statue, Nagasaki
One hand raised toward the bomb, the other held level for peace - a decade's work and, at the time, among the largest bronzes cast in Japan.
NagasakiArt & CraftsHasami
Hasami Ware
Porcelain made cheap enough for ordinary households - the ware that put porcelain on the Japanese table.
NagasakiArt & CraftsSasebo
Mikawachi Ware
The Hirado domain kiln, known for Chinese children painted in blue and for pierced openwork carved into the body.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Nagasaki Tortoiseshell Work
Shell joined by heat and pressure alone, with no adhesive; the skill lies in reading which piece is clear enough.
Nagasaki
Nagasaki Embroidery
Padded with cotton so dragons and lions stand out in relief, used on the hangings of the great autumn festival.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Nagasaki Prints
Souvenir prints of foreign ships and visitors - and the earliest Japanese pictures to use Western shading.
KumamotoArt & CraftsKumamoto
Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
A Maekawa building inside the castle grounds, with decorated tomb chambers rebuilt full size to be entered like the originals.
KumamotoArt & CraftsKumamoto
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
On the third floor of a shopping building and run together with a bookshop, with permanent rooms commissioned from artists.
KumamotoArt & CraftsKumamoto
Shimada Museum of Arts
Miyamoto Musashi died in this city; the museum holds his own writing and the wooden swords said to be his.
Kumamoto
Higo Inlay
Fine grooves cut into iron and filled with hammered gold and silver - a sword-fitting craft now turned to jewellery.
Kumamoto
Obake no Kinta
Pull the string and its eyes roll and its tongue shoots out - a papier-mache doll said to model a retainer of Kato Kiyomasa, with its prototype said to date from the Kaei era.
KumamotoArt & Crafts
KumamotoArt & CraftsAmakusa
Amakusa Ceramics and Porcelain Stone
Eighty percent of Japan's porcelain stone comes from this island - Arita and Hasami both depend on it.
KumamotoArt & CraftsYamaga
Yamaga Lanterns
Shrines and castles built from paper and paste alone - hollow, frameless, and light enough to dance with on the head.
Yamaga
Kutami Persimmon-Tannin Fans
Paper toughened with persimmon tannin - insect-proof, water-resistant, and darkening with use.
KumamotoArt & CraftsArao
Shodai Ware
White straw-ash glaze ladled over a dark iron body - a kiln the Hosokawa lords opened with Korean potters.
KumamotoArt & CraftsKumamoto
Higo Temari Balls
Geometric patterns stitched over a ball; a pastime of the lords' daughters that became a common toy.
Aso
Kagura of Higo
Fire is swung in circles at Aso's rites; each village's masks are carved differently and repaired down the years.