Living Treasures of Japan (1980)
Title
Living Treasures of Japan (1980)
Subject
Japan
Art--Japan
Decorative arts
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/living-treasures-of-japan/oclc/961508236):
Amid the clamor of business and technological advances, a reverence for age, custom, and craftsmanship endures in Japan. There, the title of "Living National Treasure" is bestowed on some seventy master artisans and performers who are charged with passing on the country's cultural heritage to future generations. This program takes viewers into the studios, workshops, and homes of the remarkable people who quietly keep Japan's precious creative traditions alive. Subjects profiled include a potter, a puppeteer, a sword smith, a doll maker, a handmade paper expert, a koto player, a kabuki actor, a bronze bell caster, and a weaver.
Ephemera: none available
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Amid the clamor of business and technological advances, a reverence for age, custom, and craftsmanship endures in Japan. There, the title of "Living National Treasure" is bestowed on some seventy master artisans and performers who are charged with passing on the country's cultural heritage to future generations. This program takes viewers into the studios, workshops, and homes of the remarkable people who quietly keep Japan's precious creative traditions alive. Subjects profiled include a potter, a puppeteer, a sword smith, a doll maker, a handmade paper expert, a koto player, a kabuki actor, a bronze bell caster, and a weaver.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Miriam Birch (director, producer, and writer)
William Goldstein (composer)
Norris Brock (cinematography)
Hyman Kaufman (editor)
Publisher
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Date
1980
Citation
“Living Treasures of Japan (1980),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 16, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/412.