EDO Bekko (Tortoiseshell Crafts) is a craft that uses the shell of the hawksbill turtle as its raw material and employs a unique technique of laminating tortoiseshell. In the Kanto region during the Edo period, it was widely used to produce Japanese clothing, and today it is used to produce Japanese and Western-style decorative items, eyeglasses, and other items.

• Technology/techniques/raw materials

  Technology/techniques/raw materials

  Technology/techniques

  1. The surface of the dough should be flattened using a gangi, kisagi, tokusa, etc.

  2. The doughs are heated using a trowel or metal plate and then pressed together using a vise or similar tool.

   

  raw materials

  The materials to be used are the shell, claws, and plastron of the hawksbill turtle.