Seyama ware

Nambu-style Kokeshi Doll (Tadao Sato)

He trained in wood turning from 1955 under his father, Eikichi, who was an unexamined recommended craftsman, and inherited the Onji and Eikichi styles from 1955.

Narushima Washi

It is said that the production of washi paper began in Towa Town before the first year of Kanbun, and during the feudal period, it was used as official paper for the Nanbu domain. Until just after the end of the war, several houses in the Narushima area were producing washi paper, but with the spread of mass-produced Western paper, the demand for washi declined, and now it is only produced at the Washi Crafts Museum. Narushima washi paper is made by hand, one by one, using mulberry and mitsumata as raw materials, and is well known as Japan's northernmost washi paper.

Shinobi piece

This simple horse doll made of rice straw is unique to the Hanamaki region. There are many horse-related local toys in Japan, but this is unique to Hanamaki. Legend has it that people made straw horses for love, etc., and delivered them secretly at night to the Kannon Hall of Enmanji Temple, where they were wrapped in yellow or red cloth in gratitude for the fulfillment of their wishes.