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The local people and handicrafts of Tottori<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


I had the feeling I was being looked at, and I turned around to find a small rabbit mask. As I returned its gaze, I began to develop an affection for the simple, unpretentious design. I picked it up. The logo on the back read Yanagiya Reproduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kurayoshi Shirakabe Storehouses preservation district is lined with white-walled buildings dating to the 19th century in the Edo (1603\u20131868) and Meiji (1868\u20131912) periods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had discovered the mask in a shop in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture, in the Kurayoshi Shirakabe Storehouses preservation district. The tourist spot lined with traditional buildings with white mortar walls is home to Cocorostore, selling pottery, textiles, and other handicrafts mainly from the San\u2019in region, in which Tottori is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The owner, Nobuhiro Tanaka, was born and raised in Kurayoshi. He moved to Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, in the hope of becoming a furniture maker before making a U-turn and opening shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nobuhiro reaches into a shelf of mainly folk toys from Yanagiya Reproduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to be able to make things myself, but realized early on that I wasn\u2019t cut out to be a creator. Back then, I felt I couldn\u2019t devote the time it takes to pursue a craft,\u201d says Nobuhiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn those early days when I was working in furniture sales, I had a customer who said he had been searching for a wooden table lamp from Tottori, but never seemed to find one, so he wanted a table lamp from Matsumoto instead. From that day on, I started thinking about moving back to Tottori and opening my own shop. My idea was to first set up a place to present the handicrafts of the San\u2019in region to local residents and young people, and then make more opportunities to introduce the folk crafts of Tottori to people in other prefectures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A table lamp with a polygonal shade by Tottori Mingei Mokko (folk craft woodworker) Yutaka Fukuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Traditional folk toys have lined the shelves of Cocorostore since its opening in 2012. That is rather unusual, because folk toys were not considered a top priority in the Mingei movement founded by Soetsu Yanagi and brought to Tottori by Shoya Yoshida.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cActually, I wasn\u2019t all that concerned about the Mingei movement. I was interested in the creative heritage of Tottori, period. I was attracted to folk toys also from the perspective of environmental conservation, which I had studied as a student. Many toys are made from natural and recycled materials, meaning even if they are discarded, they can be returned to nature. Some folk toys were made by farmers for fun or during the off season. I liked that the products told a story,\u201d says Nobuhiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The faces of the Donai Tenjin (Tenjin deity in the hall) are hand-painted by Nobuhiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAbove all, I loved the folk toys created by Yanagiya. They always took inspiration from elements of local history and tradition. And they worked with all kinds of materials, from washi<\/em> [traditional Japanese handmade paper] to clay, bamboo, and wood. That really set them apart and made them special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Yanagiya is the name on that mask. Yanagiya was a folk toy studio founded by Tatsunosuke Tanaka in Tottori City in 1928. It created 50, or maybe even 100, designs of folk toys. The business was passed on to Tatsunosuke\u2019s daughter Miyako and her husband, Kinji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I was really sorry to see Yanagiya close its doors in 2014. In the hope of reviving the products, even in a different form, I visited Yanagiya to ask for permission to make folk toy brooches. That was when I received an unexpected offer. Kinji asked if I was interested in making the toys,\u201d says Nobuhiro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The uncanny Inaba Go Kitsune (Inaba five foxes) are inspired by folk tales from the San\u2019in region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat wasn\u2019t something I could do lightly. I couldn\u2019t say yes right there on the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given an encouraging push on the back by his wife, Aya, Nobuhiro launched Yanagiya Reproduct in 2020 with the aim of reviving Yanagiya folk toys. The first product, the papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 Inaba White Rabbit Mask, took three years to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the creative group has expanded to eight members including local ceramic artists, woodworkers, and a sculptor of Buddhist statues. They receive orders from up and down Japan, and sell wholesale to France and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Inaba Rabbit Mask gave us a really hard time. It\u2019s a wonderful design inspired by a tale in the ancient Kojiki<\/em> chronicle set in the San\u2019in region [Inaba is a former province that is today the eastern half of Tottori Prefecture], but with a design so simple, even the slightest wrinkle stands out. It\u2019s quite charming to look at it now though. Papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 has a different kind of beauty from pottery or textile, the kind that makes you feel safe and smile. This is a child\u2019s toy after all. It\u2019s peaceful to make, and it makes a peaceful gift. That\u2019s the wonderful thing about folk toys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n




The happiness of making papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Aya demonstrates the making of a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 mask in her home studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know that I gave him an encouraging push on the back,\u201d Aya says with a smile. \u201cIt was simpler. I wanted to make the toys myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aya is from Yurihama Town, next to Kurayoshi. Having studied at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo, she is the type to pursue a craft (unlike Nobuhiro, she says). Aya currently works as a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She invited me to her home studio to watch her make the Inaba White Rabbit. I admired her collection of folk toys from Japan and around the world, including Mexico\u2019s Oaxacan wood carvings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love to collect things. As a child, though, I didn\u2019t like the wooden dolls in my father\u2019s kokeshi<\/em> collection. I thought they were scary,\u201d says Aya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She works with Tottori\u2019s renowned Inshu washi and washi from the Edo (1603\u20131868) and Meiji (1868\u20131912) periods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach mask has a unique wooden mold, onto which I glue layers of washi paper, taking care to smooth out the creases. After drying, I remove the mold, apply a coating of white shell powder called gofun<\/em>, let it dry again, and finally do the painting. The difficult part? In the beginning, it was gluing the washi. Next, it was the gofun. Then, it was the painting. Every time I clear one stage, there\u2019s another new challenge,\u201d says Aya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The process of gluing the washi paper takes about 15 minutes per mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth Nobuhiro and I love Miyako and Kinji. We are happy to have taken over the work that we love, to make the toys we love, that were created by the people we love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rabbit\u2019s ears are attached later. Aya\u2019s son in nursery school has lately taken to copying his mother’s work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The happiness Aya feels while working is embodied in the Inaba White Rabbit Mask, making it adorable and peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, Kinji passed away in 2024. Miyako is getting on in age too\u2014she will celebrate her 88th birthday in 2025. I continue to visit Miyako every month so that I can revive as many of her folk toys as possible. Also, mainly, I just enjoy seeing my friend.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Shichi-Go-San photo of the family wearing papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 masks (left) and a photo with the couple from Yanagiya (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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YANAGIYA REPRODUCT<\/strong>
Yanagiya Reproduct was launched in 2020 to revive the traditional folk toys made by Yanagiya from 1928 to 2014. Having learned the techniques of Yanagiya founder Tatsunosuke Tanaka, his daughter Miyako, and her husband, Kinji, it reproduces some 20 designs of folk toys including papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 masks and dolls, ceramic bells and figurines, and wood carvings. The products are available at Cocorostore, run by Yanagiya Reproduct representative Nobuhiro Tanaka, online, and via wholesale stockists.
https:\/<\/a>\/<\/a>cocorostore.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A symbol of the local history and culture, a well-loved talisman, a relic forgotten on the fringes of the Mingei movement\u2014traditional folk toys are like tiny heroes that fit in the palm of the hand. In the Tiny Heroes series, join us on a journey to discover the folk toys of Japan\u2019s different regions. Our hero for the first edition is a papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 mask from Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture, inspired by ancient Japanese mythology. It was revived by a local group when the original creators closed their folk toy studio after 86 years. 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