{"id":1209,"date":"2019-09-10T16:53:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T07:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsumugu-admin.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T09:00:55","slug":"beppus-traditional-bamboo-craft-continues-to-flourish-like-the-bamboos-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/feature\/beppus-traditional-bamboo-craft-continues-to-flourish-like-the-bamboos-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Beppu\u2019s traditional bamboo craft continues to flourish like the bamboos themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Ella Donaldson \/ CIR for the city of Beppu, Oita Pref.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beppu has long been a place known for its onsen, but for an even longer time it has also been a center for bamboo craft-making. This is even referenced in the Nihon Shoki, the ancient text chronicling Japan. It states that when the 12th Emperor visited Beppu while returning from his conquest of the Kumaso people elsewhere in Kyushu, his chef noticed the abundant high-quality bamboo and made a basket from it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is\nsaid to be the origin of bamboo crafts in Beppu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Edo period (1603-1867), as Beppu became famous for its hot springs, people visited from all over Japan and noticed the beautiful bamboo crafts being sold here, putting bamboo crafts in high demand and establishing the bamboo craft industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"790\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/99ffc84dfa184ee468ce308eac7ea0e8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1214\"\/><figcaption>Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection at OPAM (Photo courtesy of Ella Donaldson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1967, a man named Shounsai Shono became the first bamboo craftsman to be designated as a \u201cliving national treasure\u201d or general holder of important intangible cultural properties, then in 1979, Beppu bamboo crafts themselves were designated as a traditional craft industry. This designation specifies 8 types of weaves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>yotsume ami<\/em> (which creates square-shaped holes)<\/li><li><em>mutsume ami<\/em> (hexagonal holes)  <\/li><li><em>yatsume ami<\/em> (octagonal holes) <\/li><li><em>ajiro ami<\/em> (a closely-woven pattern) <\/li><li><em>gozame ami<\/em> (a pattern used for mats) <\/li><li><em>matsuba ami<\/em> (a thinly-woven \u2018pine needle\u2019 weave) <\/li><li><em>kikuzoko ami<\/em> (woven from the centre, \u2018crysanthemum\u2019 weave) <\/li><li><em>rinko ami<\/em> (woven to leave a hole in the centre) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bamboo makes a good resource, and as well as crafts, can be used to make paper, rayon, bamboo charcoal and activated charcoal, as well as having 70% of the calorific value of coal and 50% that of petrol, so it could even be a viable sustainable source of fuel. Bamboo also grows quickly \u2013 from a shoot to full size in only two to three months \u2013 and its roots spread over a wider area and grip more strongly to the soil than trees, so bamboo groves can help prevent landslides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a\nmaterial, bamboo is pliable despite its solid appearance, and can be split\nvertically into thin strips which can then be made into bamboo sticks for\ncrafting. Crafts can be made using raw, unrefined bamboo or processed bamboo.\nProcessing bamboo involves extracting the oil, drying it in the sun and\nbleaching it white. Once created, products can also be dyed and lacquered.\nCrafts made from unprocessed bamboo are called <em>aomono<\/em> (green products), while crafts made from processed bamboo\nare paler and known as <em>shiromono<\/em>\n(white products), and crafts which are dyed and lacquered are called <em>kuromono<\/em> (black products).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are\nactually around 1,200 types of bamboo in the world, with Japan being home to\nabout 600, though 90% of Japan\u2019s bamboo is one of three types: <em>madake<\/em>, <em>mosochiku<\/em>, and <em>hachiku<\/em>.\nOita Prefecture has the largest national production of <em>madake<\/em> bamboo, the most abundant bamboo in Japan. For its crafts,\nBeppu mostly uses <em>madake<\/em>, <em>mosochiku<\/em> and another type of bamboo\ncalled <em>kurochiku<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oita\nPrefecture Bamboo Crafts Training Center was opened in 1938, and is the only\npublic educational institution offering classes in bamboo craft making, drawing\npeople from all over Japan to Beppu to perfect their craft. In 2013, a 2-year\nprogram was started for those wishing to learn how to make bamboo crafts. For\nthe first two months of April and May, the focus is on learning how to process\nthe bamboo, but from June they receive one assignment each month. There is also\nBeppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center (opened in 1994), where tools and\nhistorical works using bamboo are displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"790\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/75f16c54d66b50acd45753204572b2bb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1215\"\/><figcaption> Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center  (Photo courtesy of Ella Donaldson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\ncurrent master at Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center is Shohaku Yufu,\na second-generation local bamboo artist. His father was Chikuryu Yufu, an\napprentice under Chikuyusai Sato, the teacher of Shounsai Shono. Shohaku Yufu\nstarted making crafts (bamboo baskets) in elementary school and achieved\nmastery by middle school, creating numerous styles of flower baskets that\nbecame famous in Beppu. Nowadays, he is well known for rough-plaited baskets\nthat incorporate chunks and roots of bamboo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"790\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/15ec3b38785f33bdbe26f10de81fd47a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1217\"\/><figcaption>Bamboo artist Shohaku Yufu makes a basket at Beppu City Traditional Bamboo Crafts Center. (Photo courtesy of Ella Donaldson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beppu is\nrare among cities in Japan in that it continually produces more young craftsmen\neach year, who in turn create new and innovative works which continue the craft\u2019s\nlong tradition. This allows Beppu\u2019s bamboo crafts to continue to flourish\nendlessly, just like the bamboo plants themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:right\"> (Cooperation: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clair.or.jp\/e\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Council of Local Authorities for International Relations<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"writer-profile\">\n  <div class=\"profile\">\n    <div class=\"pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/64d35eb44f1e460a288ef37a37e73c0d.jpg\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"txt\">\n        <p>Profile<\/p>\n        <p class=\"name\">Ella Donaldson<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p class=\"profile-txt\">Ella is a second year Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) from Portsmouth, U.K., working in Beppu City Hall, Oita Prefecture. The majority of her work involves translating forms and documents for the use of English-speaking foreigners, advertising local events and native-checking documents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ella Donaldson \/ CIR for the city of Beppu, Oita Pref. 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