July 01, 2019

MINGEI - Niigata updates

https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/07/niigata-folk-toys.html

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Nagaoka 長岡市

. Nagaoka butsudan 長岡仏壇 Nagaoka Buddhist altar .

. Ojiya tsumugi 小千谷紬 Ojiya pongee .
Ojiya chijimi 小千谷縮 summer textiles

. Shirone butsudan 白根仏壇 Shirone Buddhist altar .

. Suibara no kiba 水原の木馬 wooden horse from Suibara .


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Yoita 与板 Echigo-Yoita

Echigo Yoita Uchihamono 与板打刃物 Echigo Yoita cutlery
- History
The origin of Echigo Yoita Uchihamono dates back to the Warring States period. In 1578, Naoe Yamatonokami Sanetsuna, a vassal of Uesugi Kenshin, took the sword smiths from Kasugayama to Yoita. Later, since the foundations of smithing had been laid by the Naoe family, guns were also produced as well as swords. Early in the Edo period, the Yoita area was further developed and flourished by the opening up of river navigation on the Shinano river. Then, in the middle of the Edo period, carpenter's tools were added to the blacksmiths' repertoire and fine works such as doinomi or hyobunomi were created. Later, early in the Meiji period, a swordsmith, Matsunaga Ryuminsai Kaneyuki began to make planes as well as swords, which led to Yoichi achieving nationwide prominence as one of the major production areas of carpenter's tools. In 1986 Echigo Yoita Uchihamono were designated as Traditional Crafts in recognition of the area's production of fine blades and the traditional skills, which are still being passed down the generations today.
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