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.
Doll Manufacturing Worker
A skilled craftsperson who uses materials such as clay, resin, wood, and fabric to perform processes from prototype fabrication to forming, coloring, and assembly by hand or machine operation, completing dolls.
Doll Body Maker
A traditional craft artisan specializing in creating the skeletal frame for doll bodies, base preparation, and attaching heads and limbs.
Noh Mask Maker
A traditional craft artisan who carves Noh masks used on the Noh stage from wood and finishes them with lacquer and coloring.
Hagoita Painter
Traditional coloring artisan who applies colors to the wooden surface of hagoita and carefully draws patterns and decorations.
Bashofu Weaver
Bashofu weavers hand-weave Bashofu fabric made from plant fibers of the banana family, a traditional craft occupation.
Inlay (Hame) Woodworker
A craftsman who precisely cuts and processes various woods to manufacture decorative inlay (wooden inlay) products.
Hina Doll Maker
Artisans who create traditional hina dolls using materials such as wood, hariko, and fabric, handling everything from wood cutting to assembly, face coloring, and dressing in costumes.
Gilding Artist
Traditional manufacturing occupation that applies gold decorations to craft items such as lacquerware and ceramics.
Fusuma Paper Painter
Traditional craft occupation that decorates spaces by painting patterns on fusuma paper in Japanese rooms using brushes.
Buddha Statue Carver (Wood Carving)
Specialist in traditional crafts who carves and manufactures Buddha statues using wood as material.