Registration Date：1991.04.19
Congress tree ground tools
Grinding song wood
Lacquer production
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Lacquer -stunned_rome work Fune
Lacquer drawing equipment
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The 3,729 Kiso-nuri production tools and products were designated as National Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan in 1991. They include lacquerware production tools and products made with these tools, such as materials, wood, lacquer, and decorating tools, as well as tools for sales, tools for artisanal life, and tools for religious ceremonies. The products include lunchboxes, trays, kakumemba (square lunchboxes), sohwazen (stacked lunchboxes), jubako (stacked lunchboxes), various types of tables, zataku (tables with chairs), and various decorations.
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Description
Distinctive lacquerware production areas have been established in various parts of Japan, producing sophisticated lacquerware and providing people with vessels and tools for everyday life. Narakawa, the production center of Kiso Lacquerware, is one of those areas. It is known for its production of wooden base materials for Magemono (items made with curved strands of wood) primarily made with Japanese cypress, and Sashimono (items made with wood put together without nails) made mainly of katsura wood. In 1991, 3,729 pieces of “Kiso Lacquerware Production Tools and Products” were designated as national important tangible folk cultural property, including tools related to lacquerware production materials, wood, lacquering, and decoration, and products made using these tools, as well as tools for sales, for the daily lives of craftsmen, and for religious rituals. The use of locally produced, iron-rich clay soil known as Sabitsuchi was found to work well as base for the Honkataji, and over time lacquering techniques evolved with the development of Shunkei, Honkataji, and Kawari lacquering. The products that can be seen include Menba (bento lunch boxes), Bon (trays), Kakumenba (square bento lunch boxes), Sowazen (square meal trays), Jubako (stackable food boxes), a variety of trays, Zataku (low tables) finished with Kawari lacquering, and a wide range of decorative items.
Cultural property information
【Opening hours】
Kiso Lacquerware Museum 9:00-17:00 (April-November) [admission until 16:30]. 9:00 - 16:00 (December - March) [Admission until 15:30
【Closing day】
every Monday The day after a holiday (or the next day if Monday is a holiday) New year holiday season
【Fee】
Adults 300 yen Free for junior high school students and under
【External link】
Back to cultural properties in Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture
