Category: Visit Japan

Washi-doll is a doll made of paper. Paper is not just a paper. At first, It is Washi, produced with Japanese Traditional method by craft man. Low material of Washi is tree barks named as “Kouzo”, “Mitsumata” and “Ganpi”. And colors are dyed with natural dyestuff such as Ai, Akane and Benibana. Doll is not…

Ukiyoe is a genre picture produced at Edo period. It is known that famous impressionist painters are inspired by Ukiyoe for their creation. There are two categories in Ukiyoe – woodblock print and hand-drawn drawing. woodblock print is produced as collaboration of “E-shi” for picture, “Hori-shi” for digging and “Suri-shi” for printing. Here is a…

Hagoita is a wood board. At Muromachi era, it was used like a racket de tennis to hit a shuttlecock. During Edo period, after Muromachi era, Hagoita came to be used as decorations to pray for girls health. And such practice continues to this days. I took this picture at Kasukabe Saitama, where annual Hagoita…