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The following 30 works are all traditional handicrafts designated by the MITI or the Saitama Prefectural Government. Doll and Battledore Iwatsuki Ningyo (Kimekomi dolls, Hina dolls) Kasukabe-Oshie Hagoita (Battledores) Konosu Hina Ningyo (Hina dolls) Koshigaya Hina Ningyo/Koshigaya Kacchu (Hina dolls, Armors) Tokorozawa Hina Ningyo/Oshie Hagoita (Hina dolls, Battledores) Textile Bushu Shoaizome (Cotton textiles) Chichibu Hogushi Nassen (Clothes) Chichibu Meisen (Silk textiles) Gyoda-Tabi (Socks) Hanno Oshima Tsumugi (Silk textiles) Honjo-Gasuri (Silk textiles) Kumagayazome/Yuzen, Komon (Silk textiles) Soka Honzome Yukata/Nagaitachugata (Summer dishabille) Wood Kasukabe Kiri-Bako (Paulownia boxes) Kasukabe Kiri-Tansu (Paulownia chest of drawers) Others Koshigaya Hariko-Daruma (Paper made Daruma) Ogawa Washi (Japanese Papers) Onigawara/Bushu Migaki Hongawara (Ridge-end tiles, Roofing-tiles burnished by Bushu style) Take-Tsurizao (Bamboo fishing rods) Tegaki Koinobori (Hand-painted carp streamers) Mark Handicraft made by traditional techniques designated by the Governor of Saitama Prefecture (20 producing districts. 30 works). Craft work made by traditional techniques designated by the Minister of MITI (Kimekomi dolls, Paulownia chest of drawers).