Osaka Transoms
This Osaka-style woodwork, which provides Japanese-style houses with a means of ta…
Though the origins of Osaka cabinetwork are uncertain, the skills involved are thought to have become specialized during the 15th century, when…
The tortoise shell processing technique was supposedly brought to Nagasaki from China, eventually making its way to Osaka and Tokyo. …
This three-stringed musical instrument is thought to have come from China through the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in the early 15th century. With…
Glass beads (Tombodama) were first brought to Japan via the Silk Road during the Nara period (710-794). Domestic production petered out during the…
Due to the incredible development of Nanbanshibori, a Japanese traditional coppaer liquation method, more than ten thousand coppersmiths worked in…
It is said that Fukae Sedge Handwork began about 2000 years ago when people moved to Fukae area (current Higashinari-ku, Osaka City) from Nara…
Although the origin of taiko drums are uncertain, it is said that they came from China along with im…