WakayamaArt & CraftsKainan
Kishu Lacquerware
Red lacquer over black, so wear reveals the black beneath - a craft that treats use itself as the finishing process.
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Kishu Chests
Built in paulownia with almost no metal; the fit is so tight that pushing one drawer pushes another out.
Hashimoto
Kishu Fishing Rods
Bamboo from the Koyasan slopes joined through dozens of stages - treated less as tackle than as lacquerwork.
Aridagawa
Hoda Paper
A domain-sponsored paper that died out and was reconstructed by local people from surviving records.
WakayamaArt & CraftsMinabe
Kishu Binchotan Charcoal
Fired above a thousand degrees until it rings like metal when struck; every maker draws the kiln differently.
Tanabe
Ryujin Lacquerware
Lacquer from a hot-spring valley, made from timber and sap taken off the same mountains.
WakayamaArt & CraftsIwade
Negoro Lacquer Technique
Made by monks for their own use; stripped of ornament and built only for strength, the utility became the style.
Wakayama
Kilns of Kishu
Several kilns nurtured by the Kishu domain survive, among them a celadon imitation made for the lord's own use.
WakayamaArt & CraftsHashimoto
Pile Fabrics of Koyaguchi
Cotton raised into a pile until it reads as fur; most of Japan's pile fabric is woven in this valley.