It was one of about 1000 paper items collected as part of an investigation of Japanese papermaking. Increased literacy in Europe had led to a critical shortage of paper, and wood pulp paper was ...
Echizen City in Fukui Prefecture is a major center for washi paper production. There, papermaker Igarashi Masami created "Food Paper," combining produce like potatoes or onions – mainly ...
Step into a world of Japanese craftmasters and uncover ... paper cut-outs and coloured water to make their own personalised washi paper. Hands-on crafting and Japan's most popular copperware ...
Narrator: If the washi has to be moved around ... It's the most difficult step out of hundreds in making wagasa, or traditional Japanese umbrellas. If the paper is misaligned by even a fraction ...
INO, Kochi Prefecture--In a town famed for its production of traditional Japanese “washi ... about making something for children to play with outside, and one day settled on paper airplanes.
ECHIZEN, Fukui Prefecture--A “grand experiment” has kicked off here to preserve manga paintings for 1,000 years using special “washi” paper from ... over time, making the manuscripts ...