ENGLISH Carrying on a century-old legacy and passing it on to the next—Kaori Yamada’s perspective on the beauty and passage of time in bonsai
Seikōen is a long-established bonsai nursery with a history spann...
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ENGLISH A Story That Ends Not Even in Decay: The Aesthetics of Regeneration Presented by Tatsu Suzuki
Trunks and branches that have marked the passage of decades, and ...
COLUMN Tradition is a continuous process of innovation―Kōtarō Nishibori forging the future of Kyoto Japanese umbrellas
In Kyoto, the thousand-year-old capital, a single Japanese umbrel...
ENGLISH Inheriting and Unfolding Landscapes: Mikiko Kawai’s Vision of “Life with Japanese Umbrellas”
The culture of Japanese umbrellas in Gifu, nurtured alongside the...
ENGLISH Connecting a Fading Culture: Tabito Kobayashi’s Vision for the Future of Japanese Umbrellas
Tabito Kobayashi, a craftsman who dedicates months to completing ...
ENGLISH Beauty that Blends into Daily Life: Masatsugu Ito’s Fusuma Paintings Unfold Spatial Art
Painter Masatsugu Ito pursues the spatial art of fusuma paintings...
ENGLISH Lines Run Beyond Borders──Hideki Kimura Continues to Paint the “Energy of Life”
Artist Hideki Kimura depicts the vitality of plants and animals t...
ENGLISH Layers of Time Imprinted in Katazome: Mika Toba Reveals the Potential of Traditional TechniquesTOBA
Mika Toba, a dyeing artist pursuing unique expression within the ...
ENGLISH BEYOND WORDS
Among Japanese art forms, fusuma-e (sliding door paintings) and b...