Tokushima
Awa Puppet Heads
Carved larger than Bunraku's so they read from a distance outdoors; the master Tengukyu's heads are still in use.
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Naruto
Otani Ware
Great jars thrown on a wheel kicked by a man lying on his back while another shapes the clay - a method born of indigo vats.
Yoshinogawa
Awagami Factory
Kept the hand technique and developed washi for inkjet printing - an old craft finding a current use.
TokushimaArt & CraftsItano
Awa Wasanbon Sugar
Sugar kneaded by hand and pressed into carved wooden moulds - the moulds themselves carved down the generations.
Tokushima
Indigo Vats
Vats sunk into the floor and kept fermenting with lye; the fire under them is never allowed to go out in winter.
TokushimaArt & CraftsTokushima
Blue Stone of Awa
A greenish schist that splits into flat slabs, shipped nationwide for gardens and stone monuments.
Mima
Umbrellas and Lanterns of Mima
Umbrellas and lanterns of bamboo and paper, some covered in indigo-dyed sheets.
Tokushima
Butsudan of Awa
Indigo-rich farming villages could afford altars, and so a whole trade grew to supply them.
Takamatsu
Aji Granite
Granite so fine-grained it is called the diamond of stone; Noguchi settled here to work it.
KagawaArt & CraftsTakamatsu
Sanuki Lacquer Art
Three techniques that all cut into built-up lacquer; the province has produced an unusual number of Living National Treasures in them.
Takamatsu
Sanuki Temari Balls
Plant-dyed thread stitched over a ball into geometric patterns; the craft died out and was reconstructed.
Marugame
Marugame Fans
Nine in ten Japanese fans; handle and ribs are split from a single length of bamboo.
KagawaArt & CraftsHigashikagawa
Sanuki Wasanbon Sugar
Sugar pressed in cloth again and again to draw off molasses, then formed in carved wooden moulds.
Takamatsu
Bota-ori Cloth
Threads floated at intervals to raise the surface, so the cloth barely touches the skin in summer.
Takamatsu
Sanuki Lanterns
Made as offerings for the great shrine, using a technique that winds a single bamboo strip in a spiral.
Takamatsu
Stonemasons of Mure
A stone-cutting town; Noguchi worked with its masons, and sculptors have come for the stone ever since.
EhimeArt & CraftsImabari
Imabari Towels
Yarn is bleached before weaving so it keeps its loft, in water soft enough to make that possible.
EhimeArt & CraftsImabari
Kikuma Roof Tiles
Seven and a half centuries of tile-making, smoked at the end until silver; its demon tiles are the tiler's sculpture.
EhimeArt & CraftsImabari
Sakurai Lacquerware
Sold from boats that carried bowls as far as Kyushu; built for durability rather than display.
EhimeArt & Crafts
EhimeArt & CraftsMatsuyama
Iyo Kasuri
Said to have been invented by a farmer's daughter, and by the Meiji era the most produced kasuri in Japan.
Matsuyama
Himedaruma Dolls
A daruma modelled as a woman rather than a monk - rare in Japan, and still painted by hand.