Japan's "Traditions"
It's for beauty. Local indigenous DNA. The strength of this country is that we are proud of in the world. For the traditional crafts in this country, I feel that I have a wonderful spirit of craftsmanship.EmbodimentThat's what I thought.
Someday, when tradition was not yet a tradition. They blended comfortably into people's lives and were indispensable. And in modern times, they proudly bear the "tradition", and the craftsmen have "special skills" that have been inherited, and they have become relatively lofty as a product sale.
There are countless such traditional crafts in this country, and among them, the one that I had a relationship with is Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture / Tajima region, which is an industry that symbolizes the region.Toyooka willow workIt was. The potential of this industry, which I felt strongly when I was a junior, and the fragility that contradicts it. The latter has been a solid basis for the succession problem that has not been resolved for many years. There is something that you want to prove or the thought that you have set up your own temple.
In the grand scheme of things, it wants to rebuild the value of this industry.
Nara Prefecture is the treasure trove of Shosoin. All the treasures of Japan are stored there. Kouri Yanagi is one of them. This fact makes it possible to say that this traditional craft has about1300It has been proven that there is a history of the above.
Liu Xing Li- The raw material is a craft in which colya willow (a type of willow family), which has an insect and moisture repellent effect, is tightly woven with hemp thread while remaining as a round wood. It has been a rare special tool since ancient times, and is the root of the Toyooka bag. In the past, it was a major industry and popular culture in Japan that was distributed from Toyooka to the whole country and the world. However, there are only a few craftsmen who have inherited the traditional techniques and make a living from them today.
By joining and being involved in the traditional craft industry, I felt the potential of Japan's tradition in modern times. And for this traditional and beautiful manufacturing of Japan that can be proud of the world that is being lost,innovationIt was said that it was sought.