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Crafts-products
2023.09.10
How “Ryukyu Tinware,” which had disappeared from history,wasrevived in the modern age
Crafts-products
2023.09.07
For some reason, I always find myself hooked on it so strongly that I use it all the time. I want to create such ceramic vessels.
Bizen pottery artist Seigo Matsuoka
Crafts-products
2023.08.23
The unmatched techniques of the craftspeople making Ise katagami paper stencils to dye kimono
Crafts-products
2020.05.07
【Mikawachi Porcelain】Attracted by the Adorable “Karako” Paintings and Elegant Use of Color. “Hirado Tosho Gokogama” Vessels of Potter Eriko Fujimoto
Crafts-products
2020.04.15
Use of Cutting-Edge Machinery! Hand-Planted Brushes from the “Shitamachi” Area Supporting Japanese Manufacturing
Crafts-products
2020.04.03
Famous Knives “Genkai Masakuni” Made on a Small Island Surrounded by the Genkai Sea
Tradition-culture
2019.05.31
Yasutaka Nakajo, of the third generation of the Daimatsu dyeing factory, explains the present and future of Edo Komon and Edo Sarasa
Tradition-culture
2019.02.25
Toru Horiguchi’s 5 rules, an energetic craftsman of type of faceted glass from Edo (called Edo-Kiriko) attract attentions from all over the world.
Edo faceted glassEdo-kiriko. Horiguchi-KirikoShuseki(iii)Toru Horiguchi
Tradition-culture
2018.12.17
Traditional Japanese footwear designed for “Gujo-Odori ( Dancing ). ～Locally manufactured and consumed～
all night dancingGetaGifu Academy of Forest Science and CultureGujo HachimanGujo Odori (Dancing)
Tradition-culture
2018.12.17
Being strong is not just being tough but also being flexible ~ learning the process of making the Japanese Sword straight from a swordsmith~
cutleryJapanese swordJoshiKajita ToukenKatanaSeki cityTatara iron making MethodYoshida Ken
shokunin-zukan
Makoto-Uchida
Yumiko-Kondo