Tokyo Hand-Painted Yuzen
Yuzen in which the design is sketched with a brush, outlined with paste and filled in with color. Rather than dividing the labor, one person often carries it through alone.
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Yuzen in which the design is sketched with a brush, outlined with paste and filled in with color. Rather than dividing the labor, one person often carries it through alone.
Grooves are carved into a body of kneaded paulownia sawdust, and the edges of cloth are tucked in to dress it. It was brought from Kyoto to Edo in the mid-Edo period.
A silk textile from Hachijojima. It is dyed yellow, russet and black with plants such as kobunagusa and woven in stripes or checks.
Tokyo kumihimo. Silk threads are braided on a braiding stand and made into kimono accessories.
Lacquerware of Edo. It is not thickly coated, and is finished as tools for practical use.
Hair ornaments made by pinching and folding small squares of cloth and assembling them into flowers and other shapes.
Buddhist altars from Tokyo. Woodworking and lacquer work are combined.
Hake brushes. Horse or deer hair is aligned and set into a board. They are used for mounting and dyeing.
Shell of the hawksbill turtle is bonded with heat and pressure and shaped. The raw material is now restricted by treaty.
Ivory carving. Trade in the raw material is strictly restricted under the Washington Convention.
Joinery that assembles wood without nails. It uses mulberry and zelkova and is finished in simple forms.
Fishing rods made by joining bamboo. The action is varied for each kind of fish.
Chusen dyeing, in which stenciled cloth is layered and dye is poured to pass through all at once. An Edo technique for tenugui and yukata.
Stencil dyeing that reproduced Indian chintz in Edo. Dozens of stencils are layered to produce many colors.
Blinds of thin bamboo strips woven with thread. They are hung in tatami rooms and at shopfronts.
Battledores on which cloth padded with cotton is pasted. They portray kabuki actors.
Patterns are stitched into cloth with silk thread. It adorns obi and kimono.
BEFORE EXPLORING JAPAN · Getting to know Japanese culture
Two places you will come across on your trip. A shrine enshrines the kami of Shinto; a temple is a place to face the teachings of Buddhism and the Buddhas. Their entrances and the etiquette for visiting also differ.
A shrine honors Shinto kami; a temple follows Buddhist teachings. Learn how to recognize each place and visit respectfully.
Follow the guidance of each shrine or temple for the actual etiquette.