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Otsuka Museum
A thousand masterpieces from around the world, reproduced full size on ceramic panels. You may touch them and take photographs.
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The Tokushima Modern Art Museum
Collecting on three axes - the human figure, this province, and the present - centred on how the body was depicted in the 20th century.
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Awa Indigo
Indigo leaves composted into sukumo; only a handful of makers remain, and most Japanese indigo dyeing still depends on them.
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Awa Shijira Cloth
Woven at uneven tension and then shrunk, so the surface puckers and touches the skin less - a cloth for heat.
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Awa Puppet Theatre
Indigo wealth planted puppet theatre in the villages; dozens of their open-air stages still survive and still perform.
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Awa Puppet Heads
Carved larger than Bunraku's so they read from a distance outdoors; the master Tengukyu's heads are still in use.
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Otani Ware
Great jars thrown on a wheel kicked by a man lying on his back while another shapes the clay - a method born of indigo vats.
Yoshinogawa
Awagami Factory
Kept the hand technique and developed washi for inkjet printing - an old craft finding a current use.
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Awa Wasanbon Sugar
Sugar kneaded by hand and pressed into carved wooden moulds - the moulds themselves carved down the generations.
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Indigo Vats
Vats sunk into the floor and kept fermenting with lye; the fire under them is never allowed to go out in winter.
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Blue Stone of Awa
A greenish schist that splits into flat slabs, shipped nationwide for gardens and stone monuments.
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Buddhist Images of Awa
Heian and Kamakura images survive along the pilgrim route - the pilgrimage itself acting as their protection.
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Festival Floats of Awa
Indigo money paid for the floats; the carving and embroidery record the merchants' wealth.
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Hachisuka Family Furnishings
The furnishings of a domain enriched by its indigo monopoly - the economy visible in the lacquer.
Mima
Umbrellas and Lanterns of Mima
Umbrellas and lanterns of bamboo and paper, some covered in indigo-dyed sheets.
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Butsudan of Awa
Indigo-rich farming villages could afford altars, and so a whole trade grew to supply them.
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Awa Jurobe Yashiki
The house behind a famous puppet play, now performing it daily so the handling can be watched at close range.
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Awa Shoai Shijira Weave
Awa Shoai Shijira-ori from Tokushima. The tension of the warp threads is varied to create an uneven surface on the cloth, reducing the area that touches the skin.
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Waza no Yakata
Waza no Yakata in Kamiita. Visitors can try indigo dyeing and wasanbon sugar making.
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Aizumi Town History Museum Ai no Yakata
Ai no Yakata in Aizumi. It uses the residence of an indigo merchant and presents the process of making sukumo.
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Furusho Dye Works
Furusho Dye Works in Tokushima. It dyes shijira-ori with natural indigo.