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The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
Among Japan's great print collections, in a Kurokawa building of stacked tile-like eaves beside the castle.
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Koyasan Reihokan Museum
The treasures of the whole mountain; Unkei's eight youthful attendants are unmatched as wrathful figures in boyish form.
WakayamaArt & CraftsKoya
Okunoin, Koyasan
Over 200,000 memorials under ancient cedars - two kilometres in which the whole history of Japanese stone monuments is ranked.
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WakayamaArt & CraftsShingu
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
A thousand objects made for the gods and never used - Muromachi craft surviving as if new.
WakayamaArt & CraftsKainan
Kishu Lacquerware
Red lacquer over black, so wear reveals the black beneath - a craft that treats use itself as the finishing process.
Wakayama
Kishu Chests
Built in paulownia with almost no metal; the fit is so tight that pushing one drawer pushes another out.
Hashimoto
Kishu Fishing Rods
Bamboo from the Koyasan slopes joined through dozens of stages - treated less as tackle than as lacquerwork.
Aridagawa
Hoda Paper
A domain-sponsored paper that died out and was reconstructed by local people from surviving records.
WakayamaArt & CraftsMinabe
Kishu Binchotan Charcoal
Fired above a thousand degrees until it rings like metal when struck; every maker draws the kiln differently.
Tanabe
Ryujin Lacquerware
Lacquer from a hot-spring valley, made from timber and sap taken off the same mountains.
WakayamaArt & CraftsIwade
Negoro Lacquer Technique
Made by monks for their own use; stripped of ornament and built only for strength, the utility became the style.
Wakayama
Kishu Tokugawa Furnishings
Furnishings made for one of the three Tokugawa houses; the wedding sets were designed as a single coordinated suite.
Koya
Sculptors of Koyasan
Many images here were carved for the mountain by the capital's leading sculptors, so the workshops can be traced.
Wakayama
Kilns of Kishu
Several kilns nurtured by the Kishu domain survive, among them a celadon imitation made for the lord's own use.
WakayamaArt & CraftsHashimoto
Pile Fabrics of Koyaguchi
Cotton raised into a pile until it reads as fur; most of Japan's pile fabric is woven in this valley.
WakayamaArt & CraftsShingu
Kumano Picture Preaching
Nuns walked all Japan explaining a painted mandala of heaven and hell - pictures used as the instrument of preaching.
Koya
Ritual Implements of Koyasan
Metal implements for esoteric ritual - made to be used, yet every form is a symbol.
Wakayama
Kishu Lacquerware
Kishu lacquerware from Kuroe, Kainan. Begun in the Muromachi period, it is a production area that has supplied everyday lacquerware in volume.
Wakayama
Kishu Lacquerware Traditional Industry Hall Uruwashi-kan
Uruwashi-kan in Kainan. It exhibits Kishu lacquerware, and visitors can try maki-e.
Wakayama
Kishu Koya Kumiko Work
Kumiko work from Koya. Thin pieces of wood are fitted together to form patterns.
Wakayama
Sanji Paper Papermaking Culture
Sanji paper from Kozagawa. Washi paper made by hand.
Wakayama
Kishu Temari Balls
Temari from Kishu. Silk thread is wound, and patterns handed down in the castle town of Wakayama are stitched.