Ando Cloisonné Company
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Ando Cloisonné Company is a Japanese cloisonné making company located in Sakae, Nagoya, central Japan.
Main store and museum in Sakae, Nagoya
Vase with flowering cherry and birds motif, by Ando Cloisonné Company, c. 1910
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Japanese craft
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Traditional crafts in Japan have a long tradition and history. Included in the category of traditional crafts are handicrafts produced by an individual or a group, as well as work produced by independent studio artists working with traditional craft materials and/or processes.
Coil-built Tokoname stoneware with ash glaze. Kamakura period, 14th century
Yūzen detail of a kimono
Writing lacquer box with Irises at Yatsuhashi, by Ogata Kōrin, Edo period (National Treasure)