This Super College in Japan Teaches 10 Unique Courses

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    </div><p id="a36e"><i>Originally published at <a href="https://akemisagawa.com/this-super-college-teaches-10-vital-courses-for-japan/">https://akemisagawa.com</a> on March 5, 2023.</i></p></article></body>

An innovative way to pass Japan’s traditional arts and crafts on to the next generation

Buddha statue made by Ms. Nagasu of TASK: Photo by Author Akemi Sagawa

The 10 courses are: Ceramics, Wood carving, Buddha engraving, Woodcraft, Urushi (Japanese lacquer) craft, Makie lacquer work, Metalcraft, Bamboo craft, Japanese paper craft, and Kyoto tegaki yuzen (kimono dyeing)

For centuries, people used to get trained in these arts and crafts through apprenticeship. At an early age, they would live with their master, and do menial jobs like cleaning and running errands for years before learning the respective skills. Only after decades of training would they become master craftspeople.

Such apprenticeship, however, became harder to carry on. The compulsory education system in the modern days doesn’t allow kids to start apprenticeships early like 12 or 13 years old. Young people nowadays don’t have enough patience to go through such rigorous years of training. Many master craftspeople are getting old with nobody to take over them. Once the master is deceased, the craft is forever gone.

In order to preserve traditional craftsmanship and pass it on to future generations, there should be an innovative way how to train people. TASK was established as the solution.

When I learned about TASK, I was determined that Five Senses Foundation, the non-profit organization that I founded with the mission to promote Japan’s traditional culture in the US, should focus on supporting TASK. (to be continued…)

I found several articles on Japan’s craftsmanship. Here you go!

Originally published at https://akemisagawa.com on March 5, 2023.