Fumiko Satō creating a sheet of takushi/takuhonshi, using tools that her husband, father-in-law, and she herself made or acquired. The motif is a cherry blossom (sakura). This video shwos her completing the process while explaining the process
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
S04
Rights owner
Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Cultural group
Japanese
Participants
Fumiko Satō, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Country
Japan
Place
Shiroishi, Miyagi
Item/object
Takushi/takushonshi, embossed paper created using a method unique to Shiroishi
Techniques of production
embossed
Materials
Washi
Materials alt
Konnyaku
Cultural context/event
Interview
Location
Workshop
Temporality
Fumiiko is making the sheet in 2020 but using tools that traverse a much longer period of time, passed down from her husband Wataru and his father Chūtarō