| Ishikawa
Prefecture is proud of its 36 different kinds of traditional
arts and crafts. Kanazawa-haku is notable for the
craft of beating gold into a wafer-thin leaf only a one-10000th
millimeter thick, and for its gilded tableware and accessories.
Kutani porcelain craftsmen make a pot on a potter's wheel
quickly, using a clod of earth. Wajima-nuri (Wajima
lacquerware) has a solid feeling and an elegant beauty,
applying numerous coats of urushi, the lacquer
or vanish used to coat and strengthen the wooden objects.
Would you be interested in seeing the meticulous arts
of craftsmen in action as part of your Real Japan trips? |
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