It provides organisation and assistance for producers, and services for consumers, of the specialised products John Junkerman Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1952, Junkerman attended senior highschool in Japan before graduating from Stanford University, California, in 1974. He received a doctorate from Wisconsin University in 1980. Distributed in Europe by Intercultural Networking Ltd., London, as agent for the publisher. Return to top of page Unique features of this edition Provides a comprehensive record of all categories of Japan's traditional arts and crafts. The photography recreates the traditions as well as the techniques, through extensive study and involvement before actual shooting.
Video recordings show the actual manual skills in action, in the workshop.
In japan we are fortunate to have preserved as living traditions the crafts and arts, many of great antiquity, that have been connected with the lives of ordinary people from generation to generation down the ages. We desire to hand over to future generations the best of Japan's traditional art and craft methods. Crafts have always been closely intertwined with the daily lives of the general public. In a country as large as Japan, it is therefore inevitable that each region's version of a craft has usually developed its own character. Modern technology and travel can be said o have shrunk the country, often removing or blurring regional differences - and presenting a range of problems for traditional crafts.