Nakamura Hiromine is a fourth-generation Hakata doll maker who continues to push the bounds of traditional doll making. Nakamura’s works are contemporary yet traditional—unrestrained by preexisting styles. He has spent his career exploring a path for contemporary doll making. For this collaboration, Nakamura worked with the Kida Ceramics Factory, a kiln which specializes in Kutani ceramic molding, to create a censer in the shape of a shishi guardian lion. Such censers once enjoyed perennial popularity as decorative pieces. The Kida Ceramics Factory is a fourth-generation kiln located in Yawata, Komatsu (Ishikawa Prefecture), an area known for decorative Kutani ware sculptures. They use ceramic molding techniques to produce ceramics in the shape of zodiac animals and other auspicious motifs. In recent years, they have begun incorporating digital technology and are engaged in the preservation of techniques and styles.