HG-01 Haigyū Tesuki-Washi Kobo
HG-01 Haigyū Tesuki-Washi Kobo
Shikoku(四国) is a steep mountain range island. In the east part of the island, there is a tiny village surrounded by mountains, where is not easily accessible. An artisan, who…
GS-01 Ōisawa Kobo Sampo
GS-01 Gassan Shi / Ōisawa Kobo Sampo
The mountain "Gassan (月山)", ski season starts from May, because it is too heavy snow in the wintertime. In such a severe place, Mr Miura Kazuyuki makes beautiful papers alone…
FT-01 Saito Hiroshi
FT-01 Saito Hiroshi
Mr Saito Hiroshi is a living legendary artisan. Hōsho (奉書) is one of the highest class of Washi used as the official document paper by Lord or Government. Although Echizen…
BC-01 Chikusa Tesuki-Washi Kobo
BC-01 Banshū / Chikusa Tesuki-Washi Kobo
Mr Yoshitome Shin'ichi learnt paper-making under Mr Baba of Najio and Mr Tange of Bicchū. After that, he looked for the best place for his target paper. He aimed to…
MN-04 Warabi Paper Company
MN-04 Warabi Paper Company
Mr Senda Takanori was born in the neighbour city to Mino. After travelling worldwide, he started training under the master artisan Mr Ichihara Tatsuo who had high making technique of…
AT-01 Washi Kobo Shōroku
AT-01 Awajitsuna Gami / Washi Kobo “Shōroku”
Awaji-island (淡路島), according to Japan myth, this is the first island of Japan. It has more than 1000 years of papermaking history. After the big bridge was built in 1998,…
TS-01 Osaki Seishisho
TS-01 Osaki Seishisho
In a small village on the cliff edge in upstream of Niyodo-River, the proud Osaki family has been preserving the tradition of Tosa Washi. They are also farming Kozo by…
GK-01 Higashinakae Washi Kakou Seisan Kumiai
GK-01 Higashinakae Washi Kakou Seisan Kumiai
The Miyamotos makes the paper from their own cultivated Kozo and Tororoaoi. The raw Kozo material is bleached using heavy snow around the house. Because of the high quality and…
YO-01 Fukunishi Washi Hompo
They stubbornly keep the traditional way of making Uda-Gami (宇陀紙), which is used for the National Treasures. The workshop stands on the upland, overlooking Yoshino river. It looks like the…
EZ-01 Iwano Ichibei
EZ-01 Iwano Ichibei
In history, only five artisans were listed on the living national treasure of Washi. Mr Iwano Ichibei (9th) and his father (8th) are two of them. He is unquestionably the…