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This is the main entry point for you to traverse through the site. Though this is only a Japanese portal, it is definitely huge, as it contains infos on nearly all of the Japanese traditional crafts and artisanal techniques. Besides it we're constantly adding articles on Japanese potters, weavers, dyers and so on. In order not to get lost in this informational ocean, just choose the article you'd like to read.

Japanese traditional crafts

This section contains all of the articles on Japanese traditional crafts. Sub-headings are for specific directions (ceramics, textile, metalwork and so on).

Craft movements and philosophies

1. Mingei movement

Ceramics

This section includes articles on both stoneware and porcelain.

1. Arita Ware
2. Bizen Ware
3. Hagi Ware
4. Karatsu Ware
5. Imari Ware
6. Ko-Imari
7. Nabeshima Ware
8. Satsuma ware
9. Shiro Satsuma
10. Kuro Satsuma
11. Export Satsuma
12. Kakiemon ware
13. Kutani ware
14. Ko-Kutani
15. Takatori ware
16. Mashiko ware
17. Kasama ware
18. Shigaraki ware
19. Mino ware
20. Seto ware
21. Shino ware
22. Oribe ware
23. Ki-Seto

Metalwork

1. Mokume-gane

Japanese craftspeople

Potters

1. Aoki Mokubei
2. Nin'ami Dōhachi
3. Tatsuzō Shimaoka
4. Shōji Hamada
5. Potters:Kawai_Kanjirō

Artisanal techniques

Ceramics

1. Iro-e
2. Sometsuki

Japanese culture

1. Japanese tea ceremony