Tanaka Kyokusho: a bamboo artist (2/4)

Filmed in 2007 in Tokyo.
See the entire video here: • Tanaka Kyokusho: a bam...
Visit Tanaka Kyokusho's site: chikuseido.com/
Location of his shop and studio: goo.gl/maps/w3...
Address: 3 Chome-1-2 Shimotakaido, Suginami-ku, Tōkyō-to 168-0073, Japan
Address in Japanese: 東京都杉並区下高井戸3-1-2
Produced by David Douglas Stuart - Tokyo, 2007
#bamboo #Japan #竹細工

[@SargonBighorn]

Thank you VERY much for showing some of the bamboo splitting techniques. It is a real shame that in the USA there is no veneration for traditional arts and crafts. It would be wonderful if more of this bamboo craft was spread around the world.

[@buddhamoon4519]

Thank You very much

[@bigkamo]

Hope the video proved to be helpful!

[@dakellymon]

A treat to watch, Thank you

[@watcherwatchmen7785]

Just some constructive criticism, please don't be offended. The documentary would have been better without the background music. Distracting and unnecessary. The subject is interesting enough not to need it. I appreciate your videos. Thank you.

[@bigkamo]

Thanks. Always appreciate honest feedback.

[@bigkamo]

Thank you.

[@cikgupinen]

nice documentary.

[@bigkamo]

Appreciated.

[@sajidullah]

japanese masters

[@anthanydsouza8801]

How to buy from India,sir?

[@bigkamo]

Hmm. Difficult. Here's his website - there are links to other social media and stuff in there that may help you. Unfortunately this is all in Japanese. chikuseido.com/

[@marcokubuo8632]

HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE CUT HIS FINGERS?IM 2WEEKS IN N 5CUTS.LOL

[@bigkamo]

Good question. I remember asking him the same question and he said he doesn't cut his fingers. Those things are razor sharp. I've cut my thumb and thumbnail with one of those waribochou things.

[@xvfgsdkd9625]

Sure,bamboo slides should be handle with care.It's edges are sharps.

[@bigkamo]

Full documentary now uploaded as one video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/amrYlGN8erSDfa8

[@SargonBighorn]

Oh but we do have large bamboo in America. I have some in my yard. I have what is known as Moso

[@taleofsixstrings]

but you don't have bamboos in the USA.

[@juscelinopassificodosreis973]

Joia

[@Aesop059]

Poor camera work.

[@bigkamo]

Aesop059 just some background: this was my first attempt at a documentary and I was self-trained. Creating this was a form of training in itself. I used a consumer grade camcorder and a cheap stills-camera tripod. I look back on this and shake my head at some of the shots and editing choices, but I’m quite proud that I was able to complete a project like this - I did all the camera work, scripting, research, interviews, translations, editing etc - while working a full-time day job. There are so many things that I’d do differently now, but this was a big step towards me becoming a professional video journalist.

[@weewilly2007]

music con-temporizes it is all. helps old art form to relate to modernity, stay relevant etc? yes honest feedback is good, but being good costs money to stay that way, that why people hardly give it away for free?

[@weewilly2007]

+weewilly2007 honest feedback I meant. Ppl hardly ever give it away for free. Maybe because it's attached to how much a thing is worth, or valued rather. So that we can raise or lower the price of an item (or person! or lifestyle even) just by what we say about it. Tolerable in my mind (even if proves to be inadvertently negative), only if it is not motivated by intention to raise or lower market value or social standing of the subject So that it is either a heartfelt and spontaneous (albeit uninformed) response, or it is greatly considered, yet is NOT driven by calculated cost versus benefits analysis. Which is much better at counting how many widgets are being mass produced from a factory., then evaluating unique individuated human value (which we all know is priceless! LOL) Then such critical processes can go towards enriching collective wealth of a people or community, by increasing awareness, provoking thought, encouraging vibrant artistic and intellectual life etc Too much compliments as well as criticism is based on this process of bar-gaining I think. Profiteers shouldn't be allowed to squeeze the life out of true arts and artisans in this way in my view. But what does this even mean? True artists and true art forms? Is this only reserved for classical forms? With royal patrons and antiquated practices and institutions? Is contemporary art or even popular culture not a valid or viable field in this context? This is where we should distinguish between consumerism and strictly commercial interests, versus true culture and true cultural art forms. Which would have intangible values and principles that have no direct material basis For example, should the artist be true to his her personal creative line of inquiry, or should they be subject to the whims of popular demand and market forces? And which would be deemed as more 'valuable" at the end of the day? . OK just wanted to clarify my position, thanks for the time

[@Panteraflow93]

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