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Kabata of Harie
Spring water piped into each kitchen and used in strict order - drinking, washing, then carp - the plan of the house set by water.
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ShigaArchitectureHino
Hino Merchants and Sajiki Windows
Windows cut into garden walls so the family could watch the festival floats - a whole town designed as seating.
Koka
Tea Fields and Kilns of Koka
The valley they dug clay from and the hills they grow tea on lie side by side - two industries in one terrain.
Otsu
Buddhist Implements of Otsu
Serving the demand of Mt Hiei and Kyoto, workshops here still handle single stages of the trade.
ShigaArt & CraftsHikone
Hikone Butsudan
Armourers turned to altars in peacetime; seven separate trades now build each one.
ShigaArt & CraftsKoka
Shigaraki Tanuki
Spread nationwide after an imperial visit; each of the eight things the badger carries stands for a virtue.
ShigaContemporary ArtOmihachiman
Inner Lakes of Biwa
Reed beds between lake and land; the cut reeds become blinds and roofs, tying landscape directly to craft.
Nagahama
Shrine Cabinets of Kohoku
The cabinets that house the Kannon images survive village by village - the container itself a work of craft.
ShigaMuseumsHigashiomi
Omi Merchant Museum
On the trading method of the Omi merchants, read through their ledgers and the poles they carried goods on.
ShigaMuseumsRitto
Ritto Museum
An Edo farmhouse moved into its grounds, alongside the Buddhist images the surrounding villages kept.
Hikone
Castle Town of Hikone
Townhouses along the outer moat, their eaves and wall colours realigned in recent years to recover the Edo scale.
Omihachiman
Reed Screens of Omi
Lakeside reeds cut and woven into screens and thatch - wetland management and craft as a single job.
ShigaArt & CraftsHino
Hino Festival Floats
Floats decorated with merchant money, some hung with textiles brought from overseas.
ShigaMuseumsKusatsu
Fishing Gear of Lake Biwa
Bamboo weirs driven into the lake bed draw geometric lines across the water - a fishing method become a landscape.
Shiga
Tsuzure Nishiki Tapestry Weaving
Tsuzure tapestry weaving. The weft threads are raked into place with the fingernails to weave out pictures.
Shiga
Ibushi Onigawara
Onigawara of smoked ibushi tile. At the end of firing they are smoked to turn them silver.
Shiga
Revived Koto Ware
Koto ware from Hikone. A porcelain that flourished as a domain kiln, then died out and was revived.
Shiga
Japanese Candles
Japanese candles. Wax taken from the fruit of the haze tree is applied in layers to the wick with bare hands.
Shiga
Hachiman Round Bamboo Crafts
Round bamboo craft from Omihachiman. Round bamboo is used as it is and assembled.
ShigaCraft ExperiencesShiga
Unpei Brushes
Unpei brushes. In Koto, animal hair is aligned and set in the handle. Brushes for calligraphy and painting are made.
Shiga
Wooden Beads and Fine Wooden Prayer Beads
Wooden prayer beads are turned. The area has continued as a producer of beads for rosaries.