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Five hundred mounted warriors in full armour. It is said to have run for a thousand years.
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Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
Pairs the masterwork of Shoji Sekine, dead at twenty, with a collection of Andrew Wyeth watercolours.
FukushimaArt & CraftsKitashiobara
Morohashi Museum of Modern Art
One of the world's largest Dali collections - 340 works - assembled by a single businessman at the foot of Mt Bandai.
Aizuwakamatsu
Aizu Lacquerware
Begun when Gamo Ujisato brought lacquerers from Omi; known for auspicious motifs and sprinkled gold.
FukushimaArt & CraftsAizuwakamatsu
Akabeko and Aizu Papier-mache
A red papier-mache ox with a nodding head, made to ward off plague - the colour itself is the charm.
FukushimaArt & CraftsAizumisato
Aizu Hongo Ware
One of Tohoku's oldest pottery districts, and rare in firing both earthenware and porcelain.
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FukushimaArt & CraftsIwaki
Iwaki City Art Museum
A pioneering case of a regional city collecting contemporary art, strong in American work of its own era.
FukushimaArt & CraftsKoriyama
Koriyama City Museum of Art
Unusually for Japan, built around British modern art, on a hill facing Mt Adatara.
FukushimaArt & CraftsNihonmatsu
Oyama Chusaku Museum
The personal museum of a Nihonga painter and Order of Culture laureate, born in this castle town.
Nihonmatsu
Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Dolls
Life-size figures clothed in living chrysanthemums, which keep blooming and changing through the show.
FukushimaArt & CraftsKoriyama
Miharu Papier-mache
Four workshops making Miharu horses in the same hamlet since the 1700s.
FukushimaArt & CraftsShowa
Karamushi Textile Village
A village that grows, strips, spins and weaves ramie - the fibre behind Niigata's finest hemp cloth.
FukushimaArt & CraftsSoma
Soma Koma Ware
A domain kiln passed from father to single son, its bowls painted with running horses under a crackled glaze.
FukushimaArt & CraftsNamie
Obori Soma Ware
Double-walled cups that stay cool to hold; every kiln was evacuated after 2011 and is rebuilding elsewhere.
FukushimaArt & CraftsKawamata
Kawamata Silk
Weaving thread one-sixth the width of a human hair - a small district holding a world record for thinness.
Shirakawa
Shirakawa Daruma
Its whole face is built from lucky symbols: crane eyebrows, turtle whiskers, and pine, bamboo and plum in the sideburns and beard, to a design commissioned by the local lord.
Aizuwakamatsu
Aizu Cotton
Thick striped cotton the domain spread as farmers' workwear, each district with its own stripe.
Aizuwakamatsu
Aizu Painted Candles
Flowers painted onto candles for altars in winter, when no real blossom could be found.
Mishima
Okuaizu Woven Craft
Three weaving traditions using mountain vines and grasses, kept alive as winter handwork.
Fukushima
Stone Guardians of Fukushima
Guardian lions at local shrines, a record of provincial stonemasons' skill.
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Aizu Lacquerware Denshokan Suzuzen
An Aizu lacquerware workshop. Lacquer is applied in layers and decorated with maki-e, kinmushikui-nuri and other techniques.
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Aizu Cotton and Yamada Momen Weaving Mill
Aizu cotton. A striped cotton cloth that, being thick and sturdy, has long been used for farm work clothes.
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Aizu Paulownia Geta and Paulownia Crafts
Geta made of Aizu paulownia. Aizu paulownia has a fine grain, is light and warps little.