Okinawa
Ryukyu Bingata
A stencil dyeing in which a stencil is laid down, pigments are applied and colors are layered. There is also aigata, dyed with indigo alone. It was worn by the royalty and gentry of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
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Naha
Shuri Textiles
Textiles of the royal government woven in Shuri. They have a number of techniques woven nowhere else, such as hanakura-ori and doton-ori.
Yomitan
Yomitanzan Hanaori
A figured weave of Yomitan. Threads are floated to weave out patterns like geometric flowers. It died out once and was revived after the war.
Okinawa
Chibana Hanaori
Hanaori of Chibana, Okinawa City. The warp threads are floated to bring out the pattern. It died out once and was later restored.
Okinawa
Haebaru Hanaori
Hanaori of Haebaru. Patterns are woven by the float-weave technique. A production area in the south of the main island of Okinawa.
Kumejima
Kumejima Tsumugi
Tsumugi of Kumejima. It is dyed with the island's plants and mud, and a single weaver carries it through from thread to bolt. An Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Miyakojima
Miyako Jofu
Jofu of Miyakojima. Ramie is split with the fingernails and spun by hand, and fine cross-shaped kasuri is woven. An Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Okinawa
Yaeyama Jofu
Jofu of Ishigaki and Taketomi. Ramie is woven and finished by umi-zarashi, in which the cloth is soaked in seawater and bleached in the sun.
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Yaeyama Minsa
Minsa of Yaeyama. A sash in which kasuri motifs of five and four are set side by side, carrying the meaning 'forever and ever'.
Okinawa
Yonaguni Textiles
Textiles of Yonaguni Island. Four types are woven, including hanaori, dutati and kagannubu.
Ōgimi
Kijoka Bashofu
Bashofu of Kijoka, Ogimi Village. Itobasho is grown for three years and its fiber is taken. One bolt of cloth requires 200 stalks. An Important Intangible Cultural Property.
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Tsuboya Ware
Pottery of Tsuboya, Naha. Arayachi is unglazed and joyachi is glazed. It is known for shisa and dachibin flasks.
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Ryukyu Glass
It began after the war by melting down bottles discarded by the US military. Thick vessels that hold bubbles within them, they are now made from recycled glass.
Naha
Ryukyu Lacquerware
Lacquerware of Ryukyu. On a base of deigo wood, it is decorated with raden, in which shell is inlaid, and tsuikin, in which lacquer is built up in relief.
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Snakeskin Processing for the Ryukyu Shamisen
The processing of the snakeskin stretched on the sanshin. Python skin is tanned and stretched.
Okinawa
Ryukyu Kasuri
Kasuri of Ryukyu. Threads are bound and resist-dyed, and geometric kasuri is woven. More than 600 designs are recorded.
Okinawa
Shuri Textile Cooperative Association
The textile association of Shuri. It carries on techniques handed down from the royal government, such as hanakura-ori and doton-ori.
Okinawa
Naha Traditional Textile Association
The traditional textile association of Naha. It passes weaving techniques on to the next generation.
Okinawa
Okinawa Prefectural Craft Promotion Center
The prefecture's craft promotion center. It provides techniques in dyeing and weaving, ceramics and lacquer art to companies.
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Naha City Traditional Crafts Center
The traditional crafts center of Naha. It brings together bingata, Shuri textiles, Tsuboya ware, lacquerware and glass under one roof, and visitors can try making them.
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Tsuboya Pottery Museum
The Tsuboya Pottery Museum in Naha. It conveys the difference between arayachi and joyachi and the history of the production area.
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Yachimun no Sato
Yachimun no Sato in Yomitan. Potteries that moved from Tsuboya are gathered here and fire a shared climbing kiln.