page_title: Ishikawa Prefecture
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Ishikawa Prefecture / Culture
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 山中漆器（棗）
context_page_description: Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,140,573 and has a geographic area of 4,186 km². Ishikawa Prefecture borders Toyama Prefecture to the east, Gifu Prefecture to the southeast, and Fukui Prefecture to the south.
  Kanazawa is the capital and largest city of Ishikawa Prefecture, with other major cities including Hakusan, Komatsu, and Kaga. Ishikawa is located on the Sea of Japan coast and features the most of the Noto Peninsula which forms Toyama Bay, one of the largest bays in Japan. Ishikawa Prefecture is part of the historic Hokuriku region and formerly an important populated center that contained some of the wealthiest han of the Japanese feudal era. Ishikawa Prefecture is home to Kanazawa Castle, Kenroku-en one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, Nyotaimori, and Kutani ware.
context_section_description: The area is noted for arts and crafts and other cultural traditions:
  The art of Noh was introduced to the area during the rule of the fifth Maeda lord Tsunanori and was refined into the style of Kaga hosho.
  The tea ceremony was introduced in 1666 when Maeda Toshitsune invited Senbiki Soshitsu of Urasenke to Kanazawa.
  Kutani ware (Kutani yaki) is a bright colored glaze like Chinese porcelain.
  Ohi teaware (Ōhi yaki) is a pottery with a style unique to Kanazawa.
  Nyotaimori or naked sushi is said to have originated in Ishikawa Prefecture.
  Kaga silk (Kaga yūzen) is made with complicated silk print technique with an intentional rough look (wabi-sabi).
  Kanazawa lacquerware (Kanazawa shikki) is high quality lacquerware traditionally decorated with gold dust.
  Kanazawa gold leaf (Kanazawa haku) is produced with a technique of beating gold into wafer-thin sheets.
  Kaga mizuhiki is ribbon-like decoration made from glued Japanese paper (washi).
  Kaga inlay crafts (Kaga zōgan) are made with a combination of thin flat and thread metal inlays.
  Gojinjo Daiko is a Japanese drum, a Wajima city cultural heritage (since 1961) as well as an Ishikawa Prefecture intangible cultural heritage (since 1963).
  Abare Festival is reputed the most 'fierce' festivals of Noto, Ishikawa.
caption: Kanazawa lacquerware (Kanazawa shikki) is high quality and traditionally decorated with gold dust.
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