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.
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MieArt & CraftsSuzuka
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.
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.