By Using His Hands and Ancient Technology, an old Master Craftsman Has Devoted a Life for BENTWORK

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In the last 2 weeks, I’ve Visited Nagiso Town an area covered by forest there, I witnessed the work of Master Woodturners which makes me feel as peaceful as the beauty of mystic nature and its power embedded in wood. I planned to show you some areas that linked to woodturning like this. However, last week Mr. Takayuki has sent me an old firm interesting document about Bentwood Work, and then Holy crap! I’ll show you that first.
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To make this video getting better, I've written the script very carefully and hired a professional Female Voice Over to reading it, at the same I have added some shots of mine, new effects work, new music added and a new creation is created as follows: " Magemono Master Craftsman (Nagano Prefecture's Intangible Cultural Proprietor): Shoichi Tsuchikawa, Who Has Devoted His Life to Making BENTWORK Made Entirely by Hand and Ancient Technology”

"Magemono" or "Wagemono” is a technique for creating household appliances by bending thin sheets of shaved lumber into a circular or oval shape and by sewing its joint with the cherry bark. Commonly used wood is the wood of the cypress tree or Japanese cedar (Magemono produced in Odate uses Akita cedars that I showed several times before). The Magemono technique has appeared more than 400 years ago and was a distinctive cultural mark of the Kiso region, Nagano Prefecture. Products made of the Magemono technique are lightweight, durable, and handy, so they become one of the most widely used handmade items even in nowadays.

In the woods that are in Japan, wood from cypress trees of Kiso (Kiso-Hinoki) is the most compatible material for the Magemono technique. However, to preserve this rare raw material, it is now used in conjunction with Sawara Cypress Wood (Sawara-Hinoki) – which is highly waterproof, which enhances the durability of the product.

It is said that people started to make a living with Magemono techniques in the Edo period. Kiso-Hinoki cypress was valued as the best material in Japan. A strict forest preservation policy was enforced to protect the Kiso-Hinoki.

In this special video, However, you gonna see the whole thing from hundred years ago turnback, a Magemono was made entirely from Kiso-Hinoki, by using ancient tools and techniques.


► Kiso Lacquerware Museum (Kisoshikikan)
Address: 399-63022324-150 Kiso Hirasawa, Shiojiri City
Website: https://www.culture.nagano.jp/en/faci...

► Kiso Kurashino Kogeikan Museum
Address: Kiso Hirasawa, Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture
Website: http://www.kisoji-isan.com/s/en/herit...

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