kimono

[aimeekitty]

Twilight for the Kimono:
A Venerable Japanese Weaver Toils and Watches As a Kyoto District's Humming Looms Fall Silent a facinating article about how the craft of making fine kimonos is dying out (since no one is learning the trade... and people are not buying them as often) even if you aren't interested in kimonos, it's poignant.
well, I'd buy his work if I could afford it. :( Just a "made to order" polyester "casual" kimono can be easily $400. This isn't the only art form in Japan that's dying out though. Many of the National Treasure artists are getting old, and no one is learning the craft from them. It breaks my heart. These art forms will simply dissappear with the last of their masters.
I worry about this also with animation, even though animation is starting to turn around a little. Without companies making the artform... and the masters passing it on, the most precious techniques will be forgotten.
... I only have so much time, and there's so much I want to learn about so many things.