Design sense × Career Path: Independent business
8 jobs found.
Mounting Craftsman
A mounting craftsman is a traditional artisan who laminates paper and fabric used in Japanese decorative items such as hanging scrolls, screens, and fusuma doors, applies gold leaf pressing and decorations, and finishes them.
Kinma (kinma) manufacturer
Traditional lacquer craft technician who creates embossed patterns by combining lacquer and metal foil.
Geta strap attachment worker
Traditional woodworking manufacturing job that attaches cloth or leather straps to wooden geta and adjusts shape and strength.
Sowa-shoku (Magemono Craftsman)
Traditional craftsperson who steams wood to soften it, bends it to assemble bentwood products such as containers and bento boxes, and finishes them with lacquer coating, etc.
Folding Screen Paperer
Traditional craft occupation that attaches Japanese paper or cloth to the frame of a folding screen and decorates it with lacquer or gold leaf.
Bamboo bender (bamboo-made)
A profession that shapes bamboo material using steaming bending or splitting processes to manufacture curved surface components such as furniture parts and crafts.
Wagashi Maker
Wagashi makers adjust fillings and dough using traditional methods and materials to manufacture Japanese confections such as nerikiri and molded namagashi.
Straw craft worker
Traditional handicraft occupation that braids daily necessities and decorative items using plant fibers such as rice straw.