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Cast iron of unusually thin, smooth skin; nine centuries of tea-ceremony kettles.
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Yamagata Imono is a traditional Japanese craft. It is cast metalware handed down in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, and its surroundings, and was designated a traditional craft in 1975 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (then the Ministry of International Trade and Industry). Machine-part castings using casting techniques are also actively produced. It is said to have begun in the middle of the Heian period, when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi visited Yamagata to put down the Former Nine Years' War: casting artisans who accompanied the army found that the sand of the Mamigasaki River and the surrounding soil were suited to casting, and some of them stayed in this area and made castings.
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Founded / opened：11th century Highlights / collection：Thin-walled tea kettle, Temple bell Genre：Metalwork
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