#japanese crafts

[emmaklee]

meditating skeleton netsuke

Meiji-period Japan

[blkbushido]

[the-cricket-chirps]

Flying Apsaras

Japan

Late 11th to early 12th century

[teeny-kokeshi]

Teeny cat🍊

[crazyfox-archives]

An elaborate Kasuga Miya Mandara Reliquary Shrine (春日宮曼荼羅舎利厨子) featuring the sacred landscape of Kasuga Shrine (present-day Kasuga Taisha Grand Shrine (春日大社)) in Nara flanked by the wrathful deities Fudō Myōō (不動明王) and Aizen Myōō (愛染明王)

Lacquered wood with color dating to 1479 from the collection of the Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館)

[city-cost]

Japanese folding fans from Kyoto folding-fan maker Hakuchikudo - their only store in Tokyo at Haneda Garden Airport.

[santrieu]

[paperstarfish]

japanese craft magazines, part 1

[tamago-toji]

Is this Daruma?

The paperweight is called "Bunchin" in the Japanese language. This Bunchin is my favorite item. The point I like is the shape in Daruma, and it's uneven on the color in dark-rusty red. It's very small but quite heavy. It looks pretty its also manly face.

[mabysoshite]

Kaori Walsh - Japanese modern pottery

Kaori Walsh – Japanese modern pottery

[tanuki-kimono]

Mind blowing craftmanship by tatami artist Kenzie Yamada.

The soaring crane design comes in jigsaw puzzle like pieces, and mats are in fact monocolor. Dark/light areas appear thanks to how each tatami straw mat is woven, beautifully catching the light.

You can see below the different weave directions depending on the tatami parts:

and in this video how those pieces react to light with a mesmerizing shimmer:

[emmaklee]

patterned Japanese paper

[blkbushido]

[the-cricket-chirps]

Ewer (Suichu) with Cherry Blossoms and Picnic Curtain

Japan

early 17th century

[teeny-kokeshi]

Teeny cat🍎

[crazyfox-archives]

Rows of handcrafted dolls produced by the company Kakinuma Ningyō (柿沼人形) founded by the artisan Kakinuma Tōkō (柿沼東光) in 1950, currently located in Koshigaya, Saitama Prefecture

Image from a feature article about the company by Tokyo Craft Press