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Tadao Endō (1913-1997) making paper 3

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posted on 2025-03-14, 14:08 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Archival photograph of Tadao Endō (1913-1997) pulling pulp out of a vat using a bamboo screen, circa 1990s. In this image, he can be seen moving the screen from left to right, locking the fibers together

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A02

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

suketa, mould and deckle, vat

Techniques of production

Scooped, mould-made

Materials

Bark-paper mulberry bark

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Husband-wife

Location

Workshop

Temporality

circa 1990s

Intent

Papermaking

Date of creation

2020-01-24

Unique ID

2019SG04-A02-0022

Usage metrics

    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

    Categories

    Keywords

    Archivalmulberrypapermakingwashivat

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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