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2. Oil-paper umbrella - Wikipedia

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   Oil-paper umbrellas are often known in Japanese as wagasa (Japanese: 和傘, "Japanese umbrella"), and these with a bull's-eye design are called janomegasa (Japanese: 蛇の目傘, "snake-eye umbrella"). The handle and scaffold are often colored black, however, sometimes other colors are applied as well.

3. Gifu umbrellas - Wikipedia

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   Gifu Umbrellas are made using Mino washi, a strong local paper. A number of natural materials are used in the production process and there are a limited number of people who have the skills to make the umbrellas. Among traditional crafts in Japan, Gifu Umbrellas are particularly difficult to make with over 100 steps involved from start to finish.

4. Tung oil - Wikipedia

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   The oil-paper umbrella is the traditional umbrella used in China, Japan, and other countries in the East Asian cultural sphere, and was brought to Western countries through the Silk Road. Tung oil is the "oil" mentioned in the oil-paper umbrella, [citation needed] which is used to protect the paper from getting wet, and to make the umbrella ...

5. Gifu lanterns - Wikipedia

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   Gifu lanterns (岐阜提灯, Gifu Chōchin), or Gifu paper lanterns, are a special product of the city of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. They have been labeled as one of Gifu's traditional crafts. Famed artist Isamu Noguchi designed a series of Gifu Lanterns that were entitled Akari, meaning "light."

6. Mino washi - Wikipedia

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   Mino washi (美濃和紙, Mino paper) is a type of Japanese paper created in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Washi is made from the paper mulberry which is a plant that grows in the city of Mino. In 1985, it was designated a Traditional Craft by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ).

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