Temari Toys

the temari  is a art of ball making  in japan, the art of temari is kame in japan from china about six hundred years ago, temari the symbol of good luck people gave this gift to each other on the new years it is the saymbol of good life hapiness, it is called mother love ball that is given by mothers to there childrens on the occaison of new year temari balls are traditional japanese toy,temari is a highly valued gift it symbolized deep friend ship and loyalty to become a temari artist in japan now a days need a specific training ,and the student of temari art is tested before he  become the temari arts craftman,in the temari ball mother put a small piece of paper with her wish in temari ball before gifted to her child , child is not informed with that wish, that his or her parents make before making or presenting the temari gift to his or her child

Japanese crocheted toys

The japanese art of croching is called amigurumi.

this style of croching is very much popular around th world The dolls are done in single crochet in ,

amigurumi are knitted from yarn,using the method of single crocheted stich ,amigurumi are made in parts and than joined but some amigurumi are of one piece ami gurumi is japanese compound word which is made up of two word ami and gurumi ami means knit,nigurumi means  crochet or braid literally 'sew and wrap

Japanese pottery

the history of japanese pottery is very old as the history of japan the  pottery in japan are of two types some potters are still making pottery product with old ancient formula  with old formulated glaze and simple rough clay pottery and other party of potters are making pottery wid the new formulas of glazing and colours  however the japanese pottery products are very fine and are unique in there nature and differnt from rest of the world , art of japan

Japanese Dolls hakata & samurai

The history of hakata and samurai dolls of japan is very old and it is made  in japan from 1818 a.d at that time crafts man didnot paint  the clothes of dolls and today japanese dolls cloth s are painted with oil paints it is  a old traditional handicrafted product of japan the hakata and samurai dolls are  made on the temperature fromm 800 - 900 c  whereas normal temperature for other products like this is 1200c  ,in this hakata and samurai doll craftsman first made a model of doll wid plaster than jam thee clay in the plaster inthe third step craftsman dries the doll wil kiln the temperature of the kelin is 800 to 900 in the last the doll is painted

the hakata doll history starts from 17th centuary,hakata gimon yamakasa is the name of the festival of hakata, hakata is a place in fukuoka, a man southi masaki made clay dolls at that time and gift them to the emperor of hakata , now these dolls are known as hakata dolls hakata is not a glazaed doll, hakata is a non glazed doll

Folding fans

The folding fan was invented in japan around about 6th century in fukuoka ,the hand fan  is a important symbol in japan it is used in  different positions e..g childern use it as toy, it is also use as a weapon it is also used by dancer and performers this fan in japan used in religious events and cermonies it is a culture of japan in japan people give aech other gifts of fans japanese nation has a special link with this fan they love this folding fan they have firm belive on this fan they belive that the handle of the fan is a symbol of the begining of life and ribs are its road which are going in al directions  of life to bring good fortune in life ,a wall painting shows the history of fan in japan japenese fans are like the asian fans ,the similar type of fans found in korea,china french hence hapense ove there traditional fan and is used in traditioanl cermonies and daily life .the japanese fan keep japanese cool,japanese  folding fan also used in army for sending messages or receive messages,in the art japanese fans are vital to sucess in dance and theater, japanese folding fan is also used by refree in somo reselling to control contestants, now a days japanese  fans are used in europe for the decoration purpose on walls

Lacquer products



Llacquer is a chemical which dries by evaporization  lacquer used in japanese handicrafts the history of  lacquer in japanese handicraft is very old ,japanese use lacquer in wooden products from past history, it is helpful in good finishing of products it looks very nice, it  shines,  and  it  prevent  wood  from  water 10 layers of lacquer on a woooden piece takes up a time more than one month and it takes 20 steps to to made this lacquer converts a wooden piece into a master piece,"MAKI" the  gold lacquer technique is japans traditional handicraft technique and is made with  picture pasting gold leafe and foil with japanese lacquer technique maki products are very expensive and take too much time to made , more than a months and less than a year,this is a art in japan since from nara period

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