HONG KONG — CNN's 'Artisans,' a TV show that explores the world of artisans and craftsmanship, examined the craftspeople who are working to preserve the traditional art of woodworking, where "Japanese ...

TOKYO -- Japan's deep woodworking culture took root in ancient times and has been honed and perfected over all the years since. A country rich in forests, most of its buildings were wooden, as were ...

First emerging in Japan in the Asuka period of about 538 to 710 C.E., the intricate woodworking practice of kumiko has since spread worldwide. Once reserved for screens or inlaid panels in handmade ...

Sashimono is a traditional (and seriously impressive) Japanese woodworking technique that dates back centuries yet is still practiced today. It predates the fasteners used in modern furniture assembly ...

Handmade Japanese craft has always fascinated us, so we where thrilled to learn of an exhibition of Yoshiyuki Kato’s woodworks at Nagoya’s retail temple to contemporary craft, Analogue Life. Unlike ...

Mr. Beimel started his opening remarks by introducing examples of traditional Japanese crafts designed and produced today as contemporary works, including ceramics, cedar buckets, tea canisters, ...

In Japan, time is not always conceived of in a linear fashion, as it often is in the West. Past, present and future are not distinct realms, and they can instead overlap and shift. This conception of ...