Tag: craft
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Japanese Arts & Crafts (Part 3 and last)
This is the last part of Japanese Arts & Crafts 15. Byobu Byobu are Japanese folding screens that were historically used to partition rooms for privacy. They are typically adorned with shodo or landscape paintings. 16. Gyotaku Gyotaku is the Japanese art of fish printing that evolved as a way for fishermen to record their impressive catches. 17. Samurai Masks Samurai…
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Japanese Arts & Crafts (Part 2)
We continue with the description of the main japanese Arts & Craft that we started in the previous post. 8. Japanese Fans The folding fan was invented in Japan. Japanese fans are considered a cultural item that are used in ritual, dance and festivals. They were also historically used as a weapon of war by the samurai. Japanese folding…