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Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
A Maekawa building inside the castle grounds, with decorated tomb chambers rebuilt full size to be entered like the originals.
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Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
On the third floor of a shopping building and run together with a bookshop, with permanent rooms commissioned from artists.
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Shimada Museum of Arts
Miyamoto Musashi died in this city; the museum holds his own writing and the wooden swords said to be his.
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Higo Inlay
Fine grooves cut into iron and filled with hammered gold and silver - a sword-fitting craft now turned to jewellery.
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Obake no Kinta
Pull the string and its eyes roll and its tongue shoots out - a papier-mache doll said to model a retainer of Kato Kiyomasa, with its prototype said to date from the Kaei era.
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KumamotoArt & CraftsAmakusa
Amakusa Ceramics and Porcelain Stone
Eighty percent of Japan's porcelain stone comes from this island - Arita and Hasami both depend on it.
KumamotoArt & CraftsYamaga
Yamaga Lanterns
Shrines and castles built from paper and paste alone - hollow, frameless, and light enough to dance with on the head.
Yamaga
Kutami Persimmon-Tannin Fans
Paper toughened with persimmon tannin - insect-proof, water-resistant, and darkening with use.
KumamotoArt & CraftsArao
Shodai Ware
White straw-ash glaze ladled over a dark iron body - a kiln the Hosokawa lords opened with Korean potters.
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Higo Temari Balls
Geometric patterns stitched over a ball; a pastime of the lords' daughters that became a common toy.
Aso
Kagura of Higo
Fire is swung in circles at Aso's rites; each village's masks are carved differently and repaired down the years.
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Bamboo and Wood of Kumamoto
A bamboo province making baskets and farm tools, their forms arrived at purely through use.
KumamotoArt & CraftsTamana
Stone Figures of Tamana
Stone figures set around burial mounds, carved from Aso welded tuff and found almost only in northern Kyushu.
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Shodai Ware Fumoto Kiln
Shodai Ware Fumoto Kiln in Arao. It fires in a climbing kiln.
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Amakusa Ceramics
Ceramics from Amakusa. Using Amakusa pottery stone, both porcelain and pottery are fired.
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Amakusa Pottery Stone Mining and Ore Dressing Industry
Amakusa pottery stone. It yields most of Japan's raw material for porcelain. Of high quality, it can be fired into porcelain even when used alone.
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Takahama Ware Juho Kiln
Takahama Ware Juho Kiln in Amakusa. It fires white porcelain from Amakusa pottery stone.
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Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center
The traditional crafts center in Kumamoto. It collects and exhibits the crafts of the prefecture.