Feature Articles

Hagoita (Battledores) (pages 12 - 29) 

text by Mitamura Yoshiko, photographs mainly provided by Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore

Hanamaki Ningyô (pages 35 – 44)    

text by Terasawa Hisashi, photographs courtesy of Hanamaki City Museum

Mechanical Master (Karakuri-shi) Ôno Benkichi (pages 45 - 52)

text & photographs courtesy of Karakuri Kinenkan