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Toyohashi Brushes
Brushes from Toyohashi. They keep to a process called nerimaze, in which weasel, horse and other hair is soaked in water and blended.
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Akazu Ware
Pottery fired in Akazu, Seto. Seven kinds of glaze, including ash glaze, iron glaze and Ko-Seto, are used for different purposes.
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Okazaki Stonework
Stonework from Okazaki. Granite is carved into lanterns and guardian lion-dogs. It developed in the castle town of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Nagoya Paulownia Chests
Paulownia chests from Nagoya. Thick paulownia boards are assembled by joinery and fitted with metal hardware. They have been made as wedding furnishings.
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Nagoya Yuzen
Nagoya Yuzen. A subdued yuzen that draws designs in shades of a single color, it forms a counterpart to the brilliance of Kyo-yuzen.
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Nagoya Black Crested Kimono Dyeing
Black crested kimono dyeing from Nagoya. An underdye called beni-shita or ai-shita is applied before the black, producing a deep black.
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Seto Sometsuke Ware
Sometsuke blue-and-white ware from Seto. Pictures are painted in gosu and covered with a transparent glaze. Mass production of porcelain began in the late Edo period.
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Owari Buddhist Altar Fittings
Buddhist altar fittings from Nagoya. The skills of several trades, including gold plating, metal chasing and lacquer work, come together.
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Sanshu Onigawara Crafts
Onigawara ridge-end tiles from Sanshu. Clay is carved by hand and smoked to a silver finish. Mikawa is Japan's largest tile-producing area.
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Nagoya Sekku Festival Decorations
Sekku festival decorations from Nagoya. Accessories for hina dolls and warrior dolls are made.
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Inuyama Ware
Pottery from Inuyama. It is known for unkinde, a style of painting that depicts cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.
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Owari Lacquerware
Lacquerware from Owari. Lacquer is applied in layers to wooden bases from Kiso.
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Nagoya Folding Fans
Folding fans from Nagoya. Paper is pasted onto bamboo ribs. A production area that ranks alongside Kyoto fans.
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Nagoya Lanterns
Paper lanterns from Nagoya. Washi is pasted onto thin bamboo strips, and family crests or lettering are added.
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Nagoya Japanese Candles
Japanese candles from Nagoya. Wax taken from the fruit of the haze tree is applied in layers to the wick with bare hands.
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Chita Cotton
A cotton textile from Chita. It flourished as a cotton-producing area in the Edo period, and bleaching techniques developed.
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Okkawa Dolls
Clay dolls from Okkawa in Handa. Folk toys of painted unglazed earthenware.
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Mikawa Itto-bori Carving
Itto-bori carving from Mikawa. Wood carving finished with the chisel marks left as they are.
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Sanshu Okazaki Japanese Candles
Japanese candles from Okazaki. Haze wax is applied by hand, and the candles are finished thick.
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Sanshu Stone Lanterns
Stone lanterns from Sanshu. Granite is carved into lanterns for gardens, shrines and temples.
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Mikawa Fireworks
Fireworks from Mikawa. They are said to have begun when Tokugawa Ieyasu permitted the manufacture of gunpowder only in Mikawa.
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Mikawa Cotton and Mikawa Stripes
A cotton textile from Mikawa. Striped patterns are woven in.
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Horaiji Inkstones
Horaiji inkstones from Shinshiro. Local stone such as kinposeki is split and carved out.
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Toyokawa Mikawa Papier-Mache
Papier-mache from Toyokawa. Folk toys made by pasting layers of washi onto a mold and painting them.