The Netsuke Made in Ise is characterized by a Rare Wood which’s known as “The Wooden Jewel

Hello Everyone, When I was a kid, my dad has told me about the reduction of manpower of traditional trades due to the industrialization and modernization of Japanese society, traditional products started to become out-dated and forgotten. #woodworking #Netsuke #rarewood However, they’re still young people who spend all of their careers carrying on the tradition. We’d like to honor them as much as we can. So I decided to create a series of video shows about them and their work from the footage available from my friends and myself. Today, This video will be more attractive because I have edited the script, rewrote the content, new effects work, new music, new footage added and a new creation is created as follows: “The Netsuke Made in Ise is characterized by a Rare Wood which’s known as “The Wooden Jewel“ This time our main character is an Ise Netsuke Craftsman: Kajiura Asuka (梶浦 明日香さん) from Gifu Prefecture. She was born in 1981 Her Teacher: Nakagawa Tadamine (中川 忠峰さん) In 2012, Ms. Kajiura participated in a contest about Ise Netsuke. She has obtained the top grand Prix of 1800 people nationwide. ’s previous job is a caster of NHK. In 2007, she interviewed craftsmen who were involved in various traditional crafts on the program in charge. Among them, she was fascinated by Ise netsuke, which has delicate and graceful sculptures, and met Mr. Nakagawa (current master) and was also attracted by his gentle personality. She retired from NHK in 2009 and became an apprentice to Nakagawa. Since then, she has been training under her teacher. Kajiura Asuka Blog: Facebook:  Instagram: Twitter: ► Purchase Boxwood Combs on Amazon: - Boxwood Comb (3 Size) (6.7 inches): - Boxwood Comb Brush 3Lines brush: If you enjoyed this video please subscribe & check out to my channel: Thanks guys ► Become a member of this channel to get access to perks: