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Spirit of Nara

Where Nara craft is born.

Browse 12 crafts and stories rooted in Nara — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.

All crafts from Nara

12 items

Japanese Craft

Nara Uchiwa is a transparent openwork fan whose ultra-fine carved deer and Shosoin motifs trace back to Kasuga…

Japanese Craft

Nara Shikki lacquerware carries the raden mother-of-pearl tradition straight from the 8th-century Shosoin treasures of Todai-ji. This guide…

Japanese Craft

Nara Ittobori turns a few decisive chisel strokes into a faceted, polychrome wooden deer — the sacred messenger…

Japanese Craft

A Nara knife house descended from the Yamato-den temple swordsmiths forges this carbon-steel gyuto, carrying Todai-ji's medieval blade…

Japanese Craft

A hand-cast brass koro incense burner from Nara, heir to the bronze-casting craft that raised Todai-ji's Great Buddha.…

Japanese Craft

Nara Shikki revives the raden mother-of-pearl inlay technique preserved in Todaiji's Shosoin treasures. This hand-lacquered tray sets shimmering…

Japanese Craft

Nara Ittobori is a single-knife wood carving born from Kasuga Shrine festival figures. This carved deer okimono pairs…

Japanese Craft

Kaya-weave dish cloths rooted in Nara's Sarashi bleaching tradition. Where US readers buy Shirakiya Snow White Fukin, and…

Japanese Craft

A traditional Nara calligraphy brush from Akashiya, a brushmaker rooted in Japan's first capital—with notes on hair grades,…

Ceramics & Pottery

Akahada-yaki is Nara's milky-glazed pottery, brushed with Nara-e figures of deer and pavilions over reddish clay. Here's where…

Japanese Craft

Hand-shaved bamboo matcha whisk from Ikoma's Takayama district, where Nara artisans have refined chasen for 500 years.

Calligraphy

Kobaien (古梅園), founded in 1577 in Nara, is the oldest continuously-operating sumi-ink maker in Japan — and the…