A small pamphlet published in 1998 by Shiroishi Washi Kōbō (which was run by Tadao Endō). This item is very rare, as it is written in English, and provides some key historical data about Shiroishi washi, shifu, kamiko and even local botanical dyes
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
A03
Rights owner
Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Cultural group
Japanese
Participants
Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Country
Japan
Place
Shiroishi, Miyagi
Item/object
Japanese Paper and Kamiko Shifu Fabric, a pamphlet from 1998
Cultural context/event
Ceremony
Temporality
Published in 1998, but contains historical anecdotes