Ashikaga Meisen
Meisen from Ashikaga. A boldly patterned silk textile that was popular from the Taisho period to the early Showa period.
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Meisen from Ashikaga. A boldly patterned silk textile that was popular from the Taisho period to the early Showa period.
Miyazome from Utsunomiya. Chusen dyeing, in which a stencil is laid down and dye is poured.
A dyer's shop in Kurobane, Otawara. Visitors can try dyeing with indigo.
Tie-dyeing from Shimotsuke. Hemp and cotton are bound and dyed with Utsunomiya indigo.
The washi hall in Nasukarasuyama. Visitors can watch the process of making Karasuyama washi and try it.
Hodomura-gami from Nasukarasuyama. It is thick, strong kozo washi and is a national Selected Intangible Cultural Property.
Nikko geta. A surface woven from bamboo sheath is sewn onto the geta base.
Woodturning from Imaichi. In the lineage of Nikko's woodturners, trays and bowls are turned.
Cedar incense from Imaichi. Cedar leaves are ground, kneaded and extruded into thin sticks.
Kumiko from Kanuma. Kanuma kumiko grew up together with door and window fittings and is used in ranma transoms.
Brooms from Kanuma. Drawing on the skills of a hemp-producing area, broomcorn is woven.
Solid paulownia chests from Kanuma. Paulownia boards are assembled by joinery.
Kibigara craft from Kanuma. Sorghum stalks are bundled into animal shapes.
Small birdcages woven from bamboo. Thin bamboo strips are assembled.
Sashimono joinery from Utsunomiya. Wood is assembled into boxes and furniture.
Fukube craft from Utsunomiya. The fruit of the bottle gourd is dried and made into masks and containers.
Temari from Yashu. They are wound with thread from a hemp-producing area and stitched with chrysanthemum and tortoiseshell patterns.
Equipment for Japanese archery. Bows are made by laminating bamboo and wood.