MieArt & CraftsTsu
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
Systematic in Soga Shohaku, the eccentric Edo ink painter who stayed long in this province and left his work behind.
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MieArt & CraftsTsu
Sekisui Museum
Holds the tea bowls of Kawakita Handeishi, a banker-potter ranked in his day beside Rosanjin.
MieArt & CraftsSuzuka
Ise Katagami Stencils
Stencils for dyeing kimono, sometimes cut with over a hundred holes per square centimetre - admired abroad as art in themselves.
Suzuka
Suzuka Inksticks
Soot from burnt rapeseed oil kneaded with glue; the fineness of the particles decides the ink's colour and bleed.
MieArt & CraftsYokkaichi
Banko Ware
Eighty percent of Japan's clay pots; the district developed a heat-proof body, and its unglazed teapots fire purple-brown.
MieArt & CraftsKuwana
Kuwana Ironware
Casting since the Edo period, from cooking pots to - today - a large share of Japan's manhole covers.
MieArt & CraftsKuwana
Kuwana Senbazuru
Multiple cranes folded from one sheet, still joined; a 1797 book records 49 different configurations.
MieArt & CraftsKomono
Paramita Museum
Permanently shows Masuo Ikeda's late ceramic Heart Sutra series, in a sculpture garden facing the Suzuka range.
Matsusaka
Matsusaka Cotton
Striped cotton that swept Edo: sober enough to slip past sumptuary law, but luxurious in the quality of its thread.
MieArt & CraftsIga
Iga Braided Cords
Silk threads crossed on a wooden stand; the craft moved from sword cords to kimono sashes and survived.
Kameyama
Candles of Kameyama
Candle making began in the Showa period and developed as a local industry; the Japanese candle is wound from paper and rush pith.
Ise
Gikakushi Paper of Ise
Paper lacquered and embossed to pass as leather, made for pilgrims, lost, and recently reconstructed.
Tsu
Heian Buddhas of Mie
On the road between the capital and Ise, so small temples here keep an unusual number of Heian images.
Mie
Ise Katagami
Ise katagami stencils from Shiroko, Suzuka. Washi paper bonded with persimmon tannin is carved and used for stencil-dyeing kimono. There are four carving techniques.
Mie
Japanese Drums
Japanese drums from Mie. Zelkova wood is hollowed out for the body, and cowhide is stretched over it.
Mie
Hinaga Uchiwa Fans
Fans from Hinaga, Yokkaichi. Round bamboo is split just as it is to form the ribs.
Mie
Seki Wooden Buckets
Buckets from Seki, Kameyama. Cedar staves are bound with bamboo hoops.
Mie
Takada Buddhist Altars
Takada Buddhist altars from Tsu. They are finished with a wooden base, lacquer and gold leaf.