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Echizen Shikki (Lacquerware) It is said that the history of Echizen Lacquerware starts around the sixth century. When the 26th emperor of Japan was a child, a lacquer painter from the Kawada region who was ordered to recoat the lacquer on the emperor’s crown also presented him with hand painted black lacquer tableware. The emperor was so impressed with the beauty of････ |
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Echizen Washi (Japanese Paper) Going as far back as the Nara Period, Japanese paper from Echizen has long been used in for the copying of Buddhist Sutras and other purposes. It was widely used by court nobles and samurai, and hence, its reputation was soon established. Two types of paper, "Echizen Housho" and "Echizen Torinoko", were particularly known for their great quality.････ |
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Wakasa Meno Agatework It was believed that Wakasa Meno Agatework was spread by Kihei Tamaya who invented the agate hardening process in the Kyoho period (1716-1736). The carving technique as an artistic handicraft was created by Seisuke Nakagawa in the Meiji period (1868-1912). The hard rough agate, which processes to a beautiful colour when hardened, shows････ |
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Wakasa Nuri Lacquerware A lacquer painter from Obama-han (a local clan) is known for producing a special type of lacquerware by creating a picture of the bottom of the sea. Later, he improved the technique and created "Kikujin Nuri", and one of his pupils also created "Isokusa Nuri". This technique is completed using methods of egg shell, gold and silver pressing････ |
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Echizen Uchi Hamono (Cutting Tools) In 1337 a sword smith from Kyoto who was looking for a suitable place to make swords, arrived at Fuchu (now known as Takefu city). It is said that when he started producing sickles for local farmers, Wakasa Hamono was born. Later, in the Edo period, these products spread throughout Japan as a result of the formation of････ |
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Echizen Yaki (Pottery) Echizen Pottery, first produced at the end of the Heian Period (794-1192), is one of the six oldest types of pottery in Japan. More than 200 ancient kilns have been discovered up to now. These kilns were used to produce pots, jars, grinding bowls, sake bottles, jars for tooth dye and many other every-day items, which shows the prosperity of those ancient････ |
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