Meet Takeshi San
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“These are handmade papers of great distinction and craftsmanship”.
Duration
8.06
Director
Peter and Andrea Hylands
Cinematography
Andrea Hylands
We visit Japanese papermaker, Takeshi Kano, in his studio in Mino City. In this story Takeshi san demonstrates how the kozo fibres are beaten and then how the fibres are sieved to make the individual sheets of paper.
In this story Takeshi san demonstrates how the kozo fibres are beaten and then how the fibres are sieved to make the individual sheets of paper.
Mino washi, these distinguished and long lived papers, have a very long history. They are from the land and from the waters of the Mino region where the Nagara and Itado ririvers flow.
In 1985 Mino washi was designated as a traditional craftwork for Japan, prior to that, in 1969, the highest quality papers Hon-minoshi, were designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
In 2014 UNESCO designated the technique of making paper by hand, an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Quality is judged by thinness, consistency and strength. The highest quality papers are used in restoration and in the world’s leading museums and art galleries, these include the Louvre, the Smithsonian and the British Museum.
There are three different Mino-Washi brands as specified by its Cooperative Society who strictly manage the quality and criteria that ensure the highest quality standards are maintained.
In this story Takeshi san demonstrates how the kozo fibres are beaten and then how the fibres are sieved to make the individual sheets of paper.
Mino washi, these distinguished and long lived papers, have a very long history. They are from the land and from the waters of the Mino region where the Nagara and Itado ririvers flow.
In 1985 Mino washi was designated as a traditional craftwork for Japan, prior to that, in 1969, the highest quality papers Hon-minoshi, were designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
In 2014 UNESCO designated the technique of making paper by hand, an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Quality is judged by thinness, consistency and strength. The highest quality papers are used in restoration and in the world’s leading museums and art galleries, these include the Louvre, the Smithsonian and the British Museum.
There are three different Mino-Washi brands as specified by its Cooperative Society who strictly manage the quality and criteria that ensure the highest quality standards are maintained.
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