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Nara's Nationally Designated Traditional Crafts
奈良県の国指定伝統的工芸品
Questions this data can answer
- Q.What are Nara’s nationally designated traditional crafts, and when were they designated?
- Q.Which areas are home to Takayama tea whisks and Nara ink?
Overview
Nara Prefecture’s official guide to crafts designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Nara has three: Takayama tea whisks (1975), Nara brushes (1977) and Nara ink (2018), with their regions, history and designation years — primary information on the prefecture’s flagship local crafts.
Notes: 国指定の根拠は経済産業省（伝統的工芸品産業振興法）。高山茶筌は全国唯一の産地（生駒市高山）。
- Publisher
- 奈良県
- License
- 独自規約（奈良県ホームページ利用規約）
- Update frequency
- Irregular
- Link last verified
- 2026-06-28
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