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Series 3
In addition to Japanese swords, I am working with Yame Tea (by Yasuhiko Kiya), Takatori Ware (by Hekizan Onimaru), Kurume Kasuri (by Gouzo Shimokawa), Ohkawa Kumiko (by Masato Kinoshita), Nabeshima Dantsu(by Shin Kinoshita), and Higozougan (by Kentaro Inada).
Series 2
I would like to introduce whom EnArtEx is going to promote. The following six young swordsmith are responsible for the future, who have gained acquaintance with me and agreed with this activity with working together.
The Japanese Traditional Crafts Business
Series 1
I launched "EnArtEx" as a branding activity for "inheriting" Japanese traditional crafts. In the first place, I knew the crisis of the survival of the Japanese sword. While living in Seattle, I was able to get acquainted with Yoshindo Yoshihara who is one of the most famous Japanese swordsmith in the world, and I was surprised......
Japanese idiomatic sentences #10 with sword
In this series 7, we discussed what “Aizuchi” means. When the sound of hammers are not aligned among a swordsmith and his pupils, they are not working well together to make a sword. The sounds of hammers
Kumiko craftsman series 3
At that time, it was common that the discipleship training term was usually 3 years training + 1 year apprenticeship for joinery craftsmen. In the case of Kumiko craftsmen, it was 5 years training + 1 year of appreciation. It usually took 10 years
