Traditional crafts

In Japanese villages there have long been many crafts, for example, making baskets and hats from bamboo and straw, making wooden footwear (geta), clay dishes, etc. At present, such crafts are preserved in villages as well as in towns, where families not connected with agriculture are engaged in them. There are also specialized types of crafts, in which masters are engaged who transfer their knowledge from generation to generation. Refined ceramics, thin porcelain that reminds of egg shell; various fabrics, bronze mirrors, censers and other metal items; a great number of lacquer objects – this whole world of objects is tightly connected with the history of the Japanese people and their spiritual world.

Porcelain figurine "Japanese woman sitting on faggot band". Japan. The Japnese. Late 19th cent.		Porcelain figurine "Japanese woman sitting on faggot band". Japan. The Japnese. Late 19th cent.		Bronze figurine of badger Japan. The Japanese. Early 20th cent.
Netsuke "Umbrella and mouse" Japan. The Japanese.		Chinaware shop. Japan. Tokio. The Japanese, late 19th-early 20th c.		Toyshop. Japan. Tokio. The Japanese, late 19th-early 20th c.
Toys. Japan. Kyoto. The Japanese. Maykova N., 2006		Laquer articles shop. Japan. Kamakura. Maykova N., 2006