This Osaka-style woodwork, which provides Japanese-style houses with a means of tasteful decor, as well as ventilation, evolved…
- 経済産業大臣指定伝統的工芸品
Though the origins of Osaka cabinetwork are uncertain, the skills involved are thought to have become specialized during the 15th century, when…
- 経済産業大臣指定伝統的工芸品
During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, production of tobacco knives began in Sakai, and in the early Edo period, broad-bladed kitchen knives and…
- 経済産業大臣指定伝統的工芸品
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
An early form of these blinds is thought to have been used during the Asuka and Nara eras (late 6C-8C). The prototype of the present style was…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Naniwa brushmaking dates back prior to the Nara era (8C), when such brushes are said to have been used to lacquer such items as Buddhist statues,…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
The tortoise shell processing technique was supposedly brought to Nagasaki from China, eventually making its way to Osaka and Tokyo. …
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Around the end of the 16th century, incense-making was brought to Sakai, where Japan's first incense sticks were produced. Sakai had become well-…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
This three-stringed musical instrument is thought to have come from China through the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in the early 15th century. With…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Carp streamers are raised in celebration of Children's Day (May 5) in Japan. Under the instruction of a paper carp manufacture in Nagoya, Japan's…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
This handcraft is said to date back to the Asuka era (late6C-early7C), when a foreigner who drifted ashore to Nishiki-no-hama beach in Osaka…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Glass beads (Tombodama) were first brought to Japan via the Silk Road during the Nara period (710-794). Domestic production petered out during the…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Due to the incredible development of Nanbanshibori, a Japanese traditional coppaer liquation method, more than ten thousand coppersmiths worked in…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
>Papier-mâché was introduced from China and its techniques developed in Kyoto during the Momoyama era (late 16C to early 17C). Subsequently, Osaka…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
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…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
Imai Shobei, who is known as the originator of the lacquer brush-making technique in the Kansai area, supposedly taught his skills to a man named…
- 大阪府知事指定伝統工芸品
The production of farming baskets using high quality local bamboo commenced in the Nara era (8C). Along with the increasing popularity of the…