Artisan × Strengths: Creativity & Ideation
For Those Strong in Creativity & Ideation
This collection features jobs that may suit those who are relatively comfortable generating new ideas and concepts.
Creativity holds value not only in artistic fields but in all kinds of work. Both small ideas that improve existing methods and entirely new concepts are expressions of creativity. Additionally, some deepen their thinking alone, while others develop ideas through dialogue with others.
The jobs introduced here tend to offer more opportunities to utilize new ideas. Explore how your creativity can flourish.
50 jobs found.
Kokeshi painter
Artisan who paints traditional patterns and faces on the wooden body of kokeshi dolls using brushes and pigments.
Indigo Dyer
An artisan who dyes fabrics and clothes using traditional dyeing techniques such as indigo dyeing and handles the process up to productization.
Wood Craftsman (Wooden)
Artisan who uses wood as material and hand tools or small machines to create small items such as decorations, crafts, and daily goods. Performs delicate carving, shaving, assembly, and finishing painting.
Festival Lantern (Chōchin) Name Inscriber
Traditional handicraft occupation that uses a brush to inscribe names or decorations on lanterns used in festivals.
Shogi Piece Woodworker
Traditional craft artisan who handcrafts shogi pieces from rough shaping to carving, polishing, and lacquering.
Inkstone Maker
Traditional craft occupation that handcrafts inkstones for grinding ink in calligraphy using natural inkstone stones.
Bamboo Weaver
Traditional craft artisan who designs and produces braided products such as baskets, containers, and interior goods by weaving bamboo as material.
Bamboo Craft Worker
A profession that uses bamboo as material to produce daily necessities and decorative items using techniques such as splitting bamboo, weaving, and bending processing.
Paper Lantern (Chōchin) Painter
A traditional artisan who hand-draws decorative pictures or letters on lanterns using materials like washi paper and bamboo frames.
Lantern lettering painter
Artisan who draws letters and designs on traditional Japanese lanterns using a brush.