Archival photograph of a group of locals preparing the bundled paper mulberry branches in the steaming device for papermaking, circa 1950s, photo likely taken by Nobumitsu Katakura
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
A01
Rights owner
Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Cultural group
Japanese
Country
Japan
Place
Shiroishi, Miyagi
Item/object
Branches
Techniques of production
steamed
Materials
Bark-paper mulberry bark
Cultural context/event
General production
Social group setting
Community
Location
Workshop
Temporality
photo taken circa 1950s, harvest and material processing normally takes place in winter time around January. Papermaking was traditionally winter work for farmers who couldn’t grow crops in the wintertime