The Enduring Crafts of Japan: 33 Living National Treasures

ancient Arakawa bamboo beauty Bizen Black Seto blade Born carved century ceramic art China Chinese choshitsu clay color costume dolls craftsmanship create creations creative Cultural Properties decorative Designated a living displayed dollmakers dyeing techniques Dyer Edo period elegant fabrics famous Fukami glaze hakama Hamada hand handicraft arts Heian period Hirata honored Ishikawa Prefecture Japan Japanese ceramic Kaga yuzen Kagoshima Kamakura period Kaneshige karagumi kettles kiln kimono Kitagawa Kyoto Kyushu lacquer Lacquer artist lacquer surface lacquer ware living national treasure maki-e master material Matsuda metal metalcraft Mie Prefecture Miyairi modern molds Momoyama period Moriguchi Muromachi period Nagano Nakamura named a living Nara period objects Otomaru painting paste resist pattern photograph pottery Present residence Protection of Cultural Shono Shoso-in silk Stencilmaker stencils style Suzuka sword guards swordmaking swordsmiths Takano tea bowls tea ceremony teakettles textile arts thread Tokyo treasure in 1955 Wajima wet lacquer workshop Yonemitsu yukata