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Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts /[AINU CRAFTS]

『カーサ ブルータス』2022年2月号より

| Design | KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts | photo_Keisuke Fukamizu   hair & make-up_Masako Osuga editor_Masae Wako　translation_ Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber

Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents things that bring a bit of luxury to everyday life. Her journey this time took her to Nibutani, a district in the town of Biratori in Hokkaido that is the world center of Ainu culture. Here she encountered beautiful, traditional crafted art bearing patterns originally envisioned as supplications to the deities.

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  • In Nibutani, Biratori-cho in Hokkaido, where Ainu heritage and culture maintain their strong influence. This piece is a Nibutani “ita”, or tray, by Shigehiro Takano. Carved across the entire surface is the pattern known as “ramuramunoka”, representing the scales of a fish. “The pattern conveys deep reverence for all living things, plants and animals,” explains our shopkeeper KASHIYUKA.
  • Purchase No. 45 [Ainu Traditional Craft] A beautiful carved wooden tray, the ita bears a pattern of prayer to the deities known as kamui.
  • “On the evening before felling a tree in the mountain forest we present an offering of sacred rice wine, o-miki, to the god of the wood,” says Mr. Takano.
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