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Awa Indigo
Indigo leaves composted into sukumo; only a handful of makers remain, and most Japanese indigo dyeing still depends on them.
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Awa Shijira Cloth
Woven at uneven tension and then shrunk, so the surface puckers and touches the skin less - a cloth for heat.
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Awa Puppet Heads
Carved larger than Bunraku's so they read from a distance outdoors; the master Tengukyu's heads are still in use.
Naruto
Otani Ware
Great jars thrown on a wheel kicked by a man lying on his back while another shapes the clay - a method born of indigo vats.
Yoshinogawa
Awagami Factory
Kept the hand technique and developed washi for inkjet printing - an old craft finding a current use.
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Awa Wasanbon Sugar
Sugar kneaded by hand and pressed into carved wooden moulds - the moulds themselves carved down the generations.
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Indigo Vats
Vats sunk into the floor and kept fermenting with lye; the fire under them is never allowed to go out in winter.
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Blue Stone of Awa
A greenish schist that splits into flat slabs, shipped nationwide for gardens and stone monuments.
Mima
Umbrellas and Lanterns of Mima
Umbrellas and lanterns of bamboo and paper, some covered in indigo-dyed sheets.
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Butsudan of Awa
Indigo-rich farming villages could afford altars, and so a whole trade grew to supply them.