Japanese Paper Making (和紙 Washi) in Kochi, Japan
Learn all about the ancient art of Japanese Paper Making!
Let's visit Kochi, Japan. Along the southeastern coastline of Shikoku Island, you will find this culturally rich city full of exquisite nature and abundant history. Now becoming one of the newest ports-of-call during Japan itineraries by the major cruise lines, Kochi is definitely a city where you will want to take a second look.
In addition to the historical townscapes such as Kochi Castle, old sake breweries, traditional markets and hot springs, you definitely want to experience one of the region's most famous cultural traditions, Tosa Washi - the art of handmade Japanese paper. Today, we visit Tosawashi Kogeimura Qruad Paper Making Craftwork Village.
The word 和紙 (Washi) comes from wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper. Washi is made using fibers from the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub, or the paper mulberry (kozo) bush. As a Japanese craft, it is registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
The Tosa brand of high-quality washi (Japanesed paper) handmade in Kochi Prefecture has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has been designated by the central government as traditional craftwork and is being produced in areas including Tosa City and Ino Town. In Ino, 0.03-mm-thick Tosa tengujoshi, the world’s thinnest handmade paper, is manufactured. At Tosawashi Kogeimura (craftwork village) Qraud and Japanese Paper Museum in Ino, you can experience papermaking, and create your own original postcards and paper fans, among other items.
Kochi is also known as “Tosa, the Land of Sake.” The locals are not shy to tell you about their many sake drinking games. Additionally, particularly unusual in Japan culture, Kochi women are very involved in the drinking culture. They serve meals on large plates instead of many small ones so they can serve quickly and then immediately join in the drinking comradery.
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The making of Japanese paper has been inherited in Kawai-cho, Hida from the Kamakura era 800 years ago.
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A woman in Japan is keeping a traditionally male craft alive
(25 Jul 2009) SHOTLIST
Hakata City,16th June 2009
1. Various close ups of different containers and trays made by bending thinly planed strips of Japanese Cypress or Cedar wood. The craft is known as Hakata Magemono.
Hakozaki Hachiman Shrine 16th June 2009
2. Wide shot Hakozaki Hachiman Shrine.
3. Mid shot tourists at Hakozaki Hachiman Shrine.
Hakata City,16th June 2009
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yamada Hiroaki Hakata Machiya Folk Museum curator:
In the east of Hakata there is a shrine called Hakozaki Hachiman Jinja. Traditionally trays and containers made by bending wood were used to carry offerings to the gods of this shrine. Gradually the custom spread to domestic religious practice conducted in ordinary households, and from there the wooden containers were incorporated into general household use. This is how the craft developed.
Fukuoka 15th June 2009
5. Close up of hands on containers used to hold rice known as ohitsu.
6. Pull out and pan to Mid of woman taking ohitsu (container) from shelf in kitchen.
7. Close up of woman's hands filling ohitsu (container) with rice.
8. Close up of eel filets being grilled (specialty of the restaurant and region.)
9. Close up and zoom in on diners tray and hands spooning food from ohitsu (wooden rice container).
10.Close up of detail on ohitsu (container).
11. Mid shot Japanese diners eating from trays containing ohitsu (containers).
Hakata 16th June 2009
12.SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yamada Hiroaki, Hakata Machiya Folk Museum curator:
Before WWII there were around 20 businesses producing Hakata Magemono in the area. During the post war period economic development meant the use of electrical goods (like rice cookers) and plastic containers spread. Household use of wooden containers declined. As the market for these goods declined so did the number of artisans involved in the craft. Now there are only two left.
Hakata City, 16th June 2009
13. Close up of hands separating strips of planed Cypress wood.
14. Close up of wood being sawn to length.
15. Close up of Japanese hand plane being adjusted by hand.
16. Various Close ups of Shibata Tamaki thinning the ends of the strips of wood cross grain using a hand plane.
17. Various of Shibata Tamaki binding a wooden rice container with strips of cherry bark.
Hakata 16th June 2009
18. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yamada Hiroaki, Hakata Machiya Folk Museum curator:
In families of craftsman in general it is a male heir who succeeds from one generation to the next. Women do not normally become artisans. But Shibata San had helped her father since childhood. When he died, with the approval of her family, who acknowledged the quality of her work, she became Hakata's first recognised female magemono artisan.
Hakata City,16th June 2009
19. Wide shot of Shibata Tamaki placing strips of Cyprus wood in a kiln heated vat
20. Close up of wood in vat.
21. Mid shot and pan of Shibata Tamaki and assistant removing a strip of wood by hand from hot vat and rolling and shaping it and clamping it.
22. Various of Shibata Tamaki shaping the bowl.
23. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shibata Tamaki, 18th generation magemonoshi wood bending artisan of the Shibata family.
I helped in the workshop from the age of about fourteen. I had to.
24. Still photograph, Shibata Tamaki's Great Grandfather, Shibata Shokichi 15th generation craftsman to head the Shibata family business.
25. Still photograph, Shibata San's father, 17th generation craftsman also called Shibata Tamaki.
26. Zoom in on Shibata Tamaki (frame right) and her younger brother. Grandmother in background. Photo taken in1963.
27. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shibata Tamaki,18th generation magemonoshi wood bending artisan of the Shibata family:
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Echizen Washi（Japanese paper made in Fukui）Paper Crafts｜ The Village of Storks
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Echizen Washi（Japanese paper made in Fukui）Paper Crafts
The Village of Storks - The Day of Revival – is being held at Fukui Kougeisha Craft Gallery.
The creator, Mr. Hidenobu Naito of “Godzilla Studio” made the backdrop with photos
by himself in Shirayama district, Echizen City, where is known as the village of storks.
Its atmosphere is quite different from regular exhibitions. I asked him about the attraction of paper crafts using Echizen Washi.
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Cutting edge designer admires traditional techniques
(24 Oct 2010)
Osaka , August 19, 2010
1. Close-up of sketching by designer Toshiyuki Kita
2. Kita at his drawing board
2. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
Its now 47 years since I began to work as a designer. I wanted to become a designer when I was very young.
3. Various of Kita at the drawing board
4. Pan right from furniture designed by Kita to Wakamaru care robot that he designed in conjunction with Mitsubushi Heavy Industries
5. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
The idea of design really impressed me at that time. It was because I believed that through design you could be the first to see the future.
6. Wakamaru robot swivels, moves out of frame; Dodo and Wink chairs in background
7. Pull focus on display of pewter containers designed by Kita
8. Various of designs influenced by traditional Japanese crafts, including Yosegi-Zaiku marquetry and Arita-yaki porcelain
9. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
A little after I began my career as a designer I met a craftsman, a paper maker.
Echizen, Ishikawa prefecture, August 12, 2010
10. Various of craftsman making sheets of washi (Japanese paper) at Echizenwashi museum
Osaka, Japan, August 19, 2010
11. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
When I visited this craftsman's home village I found that despite over 1,000 years of pursuing this industry, craftsmen in the village were about to give up. The industry as a whole had been mechanised. Making paper by hand had fallen behind the times and it was expensive. No one wanted to buy what they were producing and they thought that their industry had come to an end.
Echizen, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, August 12, 2010
12. Various of traditional paper-making process
Osaka, August 19, 2010
13. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
There were only five craftsmen left in the village at that time. That was in 1969. I thought to myself, as a designer, if I could make something using the paper that they made it might help revive the industry.
14. Various of lighting project using washi paper including the Tako and Pao lights.
Echizen, Ishikawa Prefecture, August 12, 2010
15. Wide of Kita and Kazuya Osada walking into Osada's workshop
16. Osada making a large washi paper screen with a technique developed by his grandfather.
17. Wide of Osada and employee moving a completed screen.
18. Toshiyuki Kita and Osada examining and talking about the screen
19. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Osada Kazuya, Chief Executive Officer of Osada Seishi Sho Company, which specialises in making fusuma sliding doors:
Our company has always produced fusuma but demand has declined. We produce around 10 percent of what we did when I joined the company (30 years ago).
20. Various of Toshiyuki Kita and his daughter Tomoko discussing prototypes designed by Osada and potential of bringing them to market
Osaka, August 19, 2010
21. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Toshiyuki Kita, Designer:
I think that high quality products that come from this historical tradition are not just part of Japanese cultural heritage but are part of the world's cultural heritage. It isn't just Japan, many other countries possess similar cultural property. I think that they should be regarded as part of the world's cultural heritage as well. For this reason I think it is very important that Japan's traditional industries are brought back to life.
22. Various of Toshiyuki Kita designs
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The Netsuke Made in Ise are Characterized by a Rare Wood which is known as “The Wooden Jewel.”
The Netsuke Made in Ise are Characterized by a Rare Kind of Wood which is known as “The Wooden Jewel.”
Boxwood is called Jewel wood because they grow slowly in the cold weather and poor mountain soil. It takes for about 50 to 60 years to have only 6cm in diameter.
Its texture is hard, flexible and can be bent to allow the delicate work without breaking.
While their materials vary from ivory, horn, wood, bamboo and so on, artisans use boxwood collected from Mt. Asama in Mie Pref., West Japan, for Ise netsuke.
Ise Netsuke Craftsman: Kajiura Asuka (梶浦 明日香さん)
Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1981
Teacher: Nakagawa Tadamine (中川 忠峰さん)
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In 2012, Ms. Kajiura participated in a contest about Ise Netsuke.
She has obtained the top grand prix of 1800 people nationwide.
Ms. Kajiura's previous job is a caster of NHK.
In 2007, she interviewed craftsmen who were involved in various traditional crafts on the program in charge. Among them, she was fascinated by Ise netsuke, which has delicate and graceful sculptures, and met Mr. Nakagawa (current master) and was also attracted by his gentle personality.
She retired from NHK in 2009 and became an apprentice to Nakagawa. Since then, she has been training under her teacher.
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Chibi Heroes woodblock print production
This video shows the process of making a pair of the Chibi Heroes woodblock prints - from design stage right through to the final trip to the Post Office for delivery.
Details:
- a pair of designs carved and printed together.
- blocks are Japanese 'yamazakura' (mountain cherry).
- paper is Echizen Hosho washi, by Ichibei Iwano (Living National Treasure).
- number of blocks: key block + 3 colour blocks (7 sides in all)
- number of printing impressions: nine
- Designs: Jed Henry
- Carving: David Bull
- Printing: in this video, all by Dave. For the final production run, it is the staff of Mokuhankan, Dave's publishing workshop
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Mino Washi - MMTV75 【Culture in Mima, Tokushima, Shikoku & Japan!】
Welcome to Mamma Mima TV season 4! On this channel, we will introduce you to the city of Mima, Japan! Every episode, a local Dutchman named Pyke, who works at Mima city hall, will talk about Mima's famous landmarks and traditions.
This week, we're still visiting Mino city, in Gifu prefecture! This time around we're gonna take a look at the product that built Mino's Udatsu Street: washi, or Japanese paper!
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Making Japanese paper and my own rice bowl
What a throwback - this was back in January of this year!
Please turn on subtitles to read what we were conversing in Japanese :)
I went and explored around my (Japanese) home prefecture, and ended up spending a day with one of my friends to visit a traditional Japanese paper museum. They had a station where you could have a go at making your own Japanese paper (washi paper) and so we did! I slept over at her home, then spent the following day with another friend taking a pottery class (and exploring even further - venturing into towns I'd never visited before!). We made our own rice bowl and Japanese teacup.
A big big thank you to both my dear friends Maiko and Kosuke for their hospitality and travelling around with me! Funnily enough, I first met them in Australia (my own home city, Sydney). Working and volunteering - getting involved within the community around you really pays off when you meet amazing people and lead to great experiences along the way.
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The Highest Class about Quality of Silver, Old Methods and Incredible Hand Tools Still being Used
The Highest Class about Quality of Silver, Old Methods and Incredible Hand Tools are Still being Used, The Epitome of Beauty and Durable Besides.
Hammering Craftsman: Kawachi Mitsuak (河内光明)
Metal Engraving Craftsman: Kotaki Yoshiharu (小滝美治)
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Finishing Craftsman: Hara Kinshiro (原金四郎)
Tokyo-ginki is known as the Japanese masterpieces made of silver.
Gin and ki are silver and shape in Japanese respectively, and Tokyo (in particular, Taito-ward) is a main producing center at present.
It may sound strange that Japan has specialty in that area, for silverware seems something for nobles in Europe in the middle Ages. However, the history of silver in Japan can trace back to even the year 916 or possibly more and Japan was one of the biggest producing countries of silver. Tokyo-ginki is such a historical artifact.
Tokyo-ginki is really famous for the shine, which lasts very long. Why is it everlasting? Actually, there is a qualification for silver to be the material of Tokyo-ginki; it should be 92.5 % purity.
The Japan Mint classifies silver into 5 grades, 100% purity, 95%, 92.5%, 90% and 80%. The class of Tokyo-ginki is at least the third, but this never mars the elegance of this art; actually, silver is so soft that 100% purity is really fragile. Therefore, the artisan combined silver with other metal to make it much more durable.
On the other hand, ISO 9202 and JIS H6309 place 3 grades about quality of silver, 92.5% purity, 83.5% and 80%. In this criterion, the Tokyo-ginki belongs to the highest class.
By the way, even so, the silver of Tokyo-ginki sometimes tarnishes because of oxidization. In this case, put toothpaste on dry cotton and rub the surface lightly with it. After that, clean the surface with cloth, and the shine will come back.
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You may worry about how to distinguish Tokyo-ginki from other silver works. Yes, it seems really difficult to tell them from the others without the profound knowledge — but don’t worry. Actually, the Association of Tokyo-ginki made an institution to certify Tokyo-ginki: the real Tokyo-ginki has a hallmark on it.
The hallmark is impressed to certify that the piece is authentic Tokyo-ginki and of high-quality silver, and this also helps many common people purchase safe silvers (bad metal affects your skin badly, you know).
Of course, due to this mark, Tokyo-ginki is getting more and more renowned as a brand. The more famous Tokyo-ginki becomes, the more trustworthy it gets. As getting more trustworthy, the brand will become more prestigious and so will the artisans.
The hallmark is also an embodiment of the pride of the artisans; every hallmark of Tokyo-ginki requires other mark of the artisan himself to clarify who made the piece. Therefore, they can’t make a lukewarm piece.
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