{"id":123,"date":"2020-04-14T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ottersans.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2020-05-19T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:07:34","slug":"gifu-wagasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artisansonhand.com\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"Gifu Wagasa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Claire Ann Wellesley <\/p>

Gifu Wagasa is the traditional Japanese umbrella, which has a sense of ornament, ritual, and design.<\/p>

It was a period of poetry and painting, and has occupied a central space in Japanese ceremony, and fashion for a thousand years.<\/p>

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Kikugawa Eizan<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The sunlight flowing through translucent and colorful washi paper reproduces the feeling of a skylight.<\/p>

Traditional Wagasa artisans from the village of Gifu, draw on a range of influences to create this impression.<\/p>

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A Gifu Wagasa is made of bamboo from the Kiso River, and Mino-washi, a paper crafted from bark and plant fibers, and coated with flax oil and natural lacquer.<\/p>

The rib structure is made from a single bamboo cane, which, when closed forms the original shape of the cane. When opened, the wagasa silhouette is an arrangement of geometric design and elegant color.<\/p>

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