Important Tangible Local Cultural Asset (Designated: November 19th,1974) Tools for Kaga Inlay work (3000 items) Period: Modern Location: Danpu-en, Kanazawa Owner: Hyakumangoku Bunka Ken, Kanazawa The Maeda family trained inlay work craftsmen at their factory and made them decorate battle gear, furniture and wooden fittings with metal work. Kaga inlay work is made by carving patterns on the surface of the ingot of iron or copper and inlaying it with another kind of metal such as gold or silver. Kaga inlay work is well-known for its two different types of techniques: precise damascene work and magnificent Abumi inlay,which is made by inlaying with different colored metals. It is also known for its strength in the inlaid parts will not comeoff easily. In the beginning of the Meiji period ( in the late 19th century), the inlay work craftsmen were out of employment. In order to protect them, the Kanazawa Copperware Company was founded. They produced inlaid vases, incense burners and ornaments for foreign markets. With this as a turning point, Kaga inlay work came to be applied toarts and crafts instead of battle gear. These 3000 tools were left by Yonezawa Hiroyasu, who was deemed as possessing an intangible cultural asset designated by theprefectural government. Various tools were used at each process in making inlay work. They are valuable evidence to show the characteristics peculiar to local crafts.

Important Tangible Local Cultural Asset (Designated: April 12, 1969) Woodworking Tools of the Hokuriku Region (1296 items) Period: Edo ~ Showa (17th~early 20th century) Location: Danpu-en, Kanazawa Owner: Zuiunsengyo, Kanazawa This collection of tools from the woodworking hamlets of Ishikawa, Fukui and Niigata Prefectures is blessed both in quantity (1296 items) and in quality (254 different types). There are 279 tools (93 different types) for the manufacture of bowls and ladles, 940 tools (141 different types) for crafting rectangular objects, 77 tools (30 different types) for cutting large mortars and Taikoh drum bodies and 290 tools (79 different types) for a variety of other purposes. Finely turned and crafted wooden blanks are the base forms for the exquisite local lacquerware, and are usually made from the seasoned woods of the zelkova, beech and horse chestnuts cut from the nearby mountain forests. To make a bowl in the traditional fashion, a seasoned trunk was smoothed, and cut into rounds, which were halved, squared off, then had their corners removed. The resulting octagons were rounded, then turned on a hand lathe. The adzes, axes, hatchets, saws, lathes and chisels used are on display, together with items used to move the tree trunks, knives and woodworking benches. Simple Goroku-ware lacquered bowls, from the Suzu area, have been popular since the Muromachi period (16th century). Late last century, the innovative techniques for producing fine Wajima-ware were developed and production, especially of trays and other flat objects, took off. Woodworking, both for lacquerware and for its own sake, has also been a staple craft of the Kaga area, in southern Ishikawa.