Clay dolls from Mr. Miyawaki
Mr. Miyawaki lives in Beppu in Oita prefecture, which is known for its hot spring village in Kyushu Japan. When I saw Mr. Miyawakis’ dolls years ago, I fell in love with his funny and...
Nakadera Kiln
Visiting Nishikawa family's kiln. Nakadera kiln was started in 1991 by Kousei Nishikawa who was born in 1951. Before he started his own kiln he trained himself as a craftsman at Fumoto kiln (one of...
Konohazaru clay dolls
Visiting the craftsman of Konohazaru monkey dolls. The craftsman Reizo and his daughter welcomed me. Reizo showed me the magazine which shows the hand drawing of the monkey doll drawn by one of his customer's...