IshikawaArt & CraftsKanazawa
Kaga Yuzen
More realist than Kyoto yuzen - it even paints the holes insects left in leaves - and built on five set colours.
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IshikawaArt & CraftsKanazawa
Kanazawa Gold Leaf
Ninety-nine percent of Japan's gold leaf, beaten to one ten-thousandth of a millimetre - the gilding of Kinkakuji and Nikko alike.
Kanazawa
Kanazawa Lacquerware
Begun when the domain imported Edo lacquerers; its raised maki-e uses gold without restraint.
Kanazawa
Kaga Inlay
Gold and silver hammered into cut iron, a technique born on armour and now turned to jewellery.
IshikawaArt & CraftsNomi
Kutani Ware
Five overglaze colours covering the surface entirely; the kiln died out once, and each revival changed its style.
IshikawaArt & CraftsKaga
Yamanaka Lacquerware
Held to have Japan's finest woodturning: blanks cut with the grain, then scored on the lathe in hairline rings.
IshikawaArt & CraftsWajima
Wajima Lacquerware
Powdered diatomaceous earth in the ground coat and 124 divided steps make it the toughest lacquer in Japan.
IshikawaArt & CraftsSuzu
Agehama Salt Making
Japan's last agehama salt fields, where seawater is carried by bucket and scattered over sand by hand.
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Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop
The city takes in young craftspeople for three years; their workshops are open, so the daily work is visible.
IshikawaArt & CraftsKanazawa
Kaga Hachiman Tumbler Doll
A tumbler doll shaped as a swaddled infant, painted red to ward off smallpox.
IshikawaArt & CraftsKanazawa
Kaga Mizuhiki
Kanazawa turned flat paper cords into three-dimensional cranes and pines - the wrapping itself becoming the object.