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Kanzaki
Ozaki Clay Dolls
Said to descend from Mongol prisoners of the 13th-century invasions; its dove whistles died out and were revived.
Takeo
Yumino Dolls
Large, strongly coloured clay dolls in the Hakata manner, kept going by a single workshop and its moulds.
Arita
Tonbai Walls of Arita
Walls built from demolished kiln brick and rejected pots set in clay - industrial waste become a townscape.
SagaArt & CraftsArita
Arita Ceramic Fair
Four kilometres of stalls and half a million visitors - the whole district's output visible in one week.
SagaArchitectureImari
Imari Port District
Arita porcelain shipped from this port, which is why the world came to call it Imari instead.
Arita
Climbing Kiln Sites of Arita
Chambered kilns stepped up the hillsides; the slope and the number of chambers decided the firing.
Arita
Contemporary Arita
At its 400th anniversary the district began pairing kilns with foreign designers - a tradition deliberately updating itself.
Karatsu
Karatsu Kilns and the Tataki Method
Clay compacted by beating with a paddle rather than thrown - a Korean method still in use here.
Arita
Old Kilns of Hizen
The failed shards from these kilns date the styles - they carry more information than the finished pots.
SagaArchitectureArita
Arita Porcelain Park
A replica of the Zwinger, built by the Saxon elector who bought Arita porcelain by the shipload - the export destination made visible.
NagasakiArt & CraftsHasami
Hasami Ware
Porcelain made cheap enough for ordinary households - the ware that put porcelain on the Japanese table.
Hasami
Nakaoyama Kiln Site
The remains of a 160-metre climbing kiln of 33 chambers - among the largest ever built anywhere.
NagasakiArt & CraftsSasebo
Mikawachi Ware
The Hirado domain kiln, known for Chinese children painted in blue and for pierced openwork carved into the body.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Nagasaki Tortoiseshell Work
Shell joined by heat and pressure alone, with no adhesive; the skill lies in reading which piece is clear enough.
Kumamoto
Obake no Kinta
Pull the string and its eyes roll and its tongue shoots out - a papier-mache doll said to model a retainer of Kato Kiyomasa, with its prototype said to date from the Kaei era.
KumamotoArt & Crafts
KumamotoArt & CraftsAmakusa
Amakusa Ceramics and Porcelain Stone
Eighty percent of Japan's porcelain stone comes from this island - Arita and Hasami both depend on it.
KumamotoArt & CraftsYamaga
Yamaga Lanterns
Shrines and castles built from paper and paste alone - hollow, frameless, and light enough to dance with on the head.
Yamaga
Kutami Persimmon-Tannin Fans
Paper toughened with persimmon tannin - insect-proof, water-resistant, and darkening with use.
KumamotoArt & CraftsArao
Shodai Ware
White straw-ash glaze ladled over a dark iron body - a kiln the Hosokawa lords opened with Korean potters.
KumamotoArt & CraftsKumamoto
Higo Temari Balls
Geometric patterns stitched over a ball; a pastime of the lords' daughters that became a common toy.
Kumamoto
Bamboo and Wood of Kumamoto
A bamboo province making baskets and farm tools, their forms arrived at purely through use.
Amakusa
Porcelain Stone Quarries of Amakusa
White quarry faces cut into the hills; the porcelain of Arita is made of stone carried away from here.