Kami no Machi Museum Mizuhiki Exhibit
The Kami no Machi Museum in Shikokuchuo. It exhibits mizuhiki and paper processing.
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The Kami no Machi Museum in Shikokuchuo. It exhibits mizuhiki and paper processing.
Ikazaki Shachu in Uchiko. It has the gilding technique of applying metal leaf to washi.
Danjiri carving from Saijo. It provides the carving for a festival in which more than 150 floats appear.
Kawara-kan in Imabari. It exhibits the Kikuma tile-producing district.
Screens from Iyo. The screens used for making paper are woven from bamboo. An indispensable tool for making washi.
Daio Paper in Shikokuchuo. It makes paper in an integrated process. Shikokuchuo City ranks first in Japan in the value of paper shipments.
Unicharm in Shikokuchuo. It makes hygiene products and nonwoven fabric.
Kami Shoji in Shikokuchuo. It makes paper and hygiene products.
The Paper Industry Innovation Center of Ehime University. It researches paper and cellulose.
Buddhist altars from Nagoya. They are made with the work divided into eight trades, covering the wooden base, carving, lacquering, gold leaf application and maki-e.
Brushes from Toyohashi. They keep to a process called nerimaze, in which weasel, horse and other hair is soaked in water and blended.
Pottery fired in Akazu, Seto. Seven kinds of glaze, including ash glaze, iron glaze and Ko-Seto, are used for different purposes.
Stonework from Okazaki. Granite is carved into lanterns and guardian lion-dogs. It developed in the castle town of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Paulownia chests from Nagoya. Thick paulownia boards are assembled by joinery and fitted with metal hardware. They have been made as wedding furnishings.
Nagoya Yuzen. A subdued yuzen that draws designs in shades of a single color, it forms a counterpart to the brilliance of Kyo-yuzen.
Black crested kimono dyeing from Nagoya. An underdye called beni-shita or ai-shita is applied before the black, producing a deep black.
Sometsuke blue-and-white ware from Seto. Pictures are painted in gosu and covered with a transparent glaze. Mass production of porcelain began in the late Edo period.
Buddhist altar fittings from Nagoya. The skills of several trades, including gold plating, metal chasing and lacquer work, come together.
Onigawara ridge-end tiles from Sanshu. Clay is carved by hand and smoked to a silver finish. Mikawa is Japan's largest tile-producing area.
Sekku festival decorations from Nagoya. Accessories for hina dolls and warrior dolls are made.