Traditional Craftsman × 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.
101 jobs found.
Straw Product Manufacturing Worker
A profession that manufactures products such as baskets and hats by braiding and shaping processing using straw as raw material.
Cotton Yarn Ikat Tying Worker
A traditional dyeing artisan who uses cotton yarn to create ikat (kasuri) patterns through tie-dyeing techniques. Handles the skill of manually binding threads or fabric, repeatedly dyeing and drying to fix the patterns.
Yuzen Dyer
Yuzen dyers are traditional craft technicians who dye patterns on fabrics such as kimonos using the Yuzen dyeing technique. They manually perform processes from underpainting to stencil creation, resist paste application, dyeing, steaming, and scouring.
Wood Inlay Artisan
Traditional craftsperson who combines various pieces of wood and metal to apply geometric patterns to decorative items and furniture using yosegi inlay and zogan techniques.
Rantai (Ran) Lacquerware Maker
Rantai lacquerware makers weave bamboo to create vessel bodies, apply multiple layers of lacquer, and perform decoration and polishing—a traditional lacquerware manufacturing technical occupation.
Ranma Craftsman (Ranma Manufacturing)
Ranma craftsmen produce ranma, interior decorative components of buildings, using manual labor or machines from timber selection through carving, kumiko assembly, and finishing. They utilize traditional techniques to provide products that combine aesthetic design and functionality.
Wax Worker (Ceramics Manufacturing)
A profession that performs decoration techniques using wax (wax painting) on the surface of ceramics, expressing patterns and designs through glazing and firing.
Wagasa Painter
Specialist who draws and colors traditional patterns on wagasa using brushes and pigments.
Wagasa Craftsman
A profession that crafts traditional wagasa by combining bamboo ribs and washi paper to achieve waterproofing.
Washi Papermaker (Handmade)
Handmade washi papermakers use plant fibers such as kozo and mitsumata as raw materials to handcraft traditional washi paper using traditional manufacturing techniques.