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Paper lacquered and embossed to pass as leather, made for pilgrims, lost, and recently reconstructed.
About this place
Gikakushi is washi paper whose surface is given wrinkles, unevenness and color to produce a leather-like texture. It is a Mie Prefecture designated traditional craft. Gikakushi is said to have begun in 1684 (1st year of Jokyo) in the Edo period, when Horiki Chujiro, the first head of Mishimaya, an oiled-paper shop (now Shinchaya, Meiwa, Taki District, Mie Prefecture), made it in imitation of decorative leather (kinkarakawa) imported from Europe. Especially around Ise Province, the souvenir shop Tsuboya turned tobacco pouches made of gikakushi into a product as goods for preparing for a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine and as souvenirs, and they became popular.
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Founded / opened：1700s Highlights / collection：Washi made to look like leather, Tobacco pouches Genre：Crafts and ceramics
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