Made-to-Order Production × Career Path: Traditional Craftsman
41 jobs found.
Walking Stick Craftsman
Craftsman who designs, processes, and finishes wooden or metal walking sticks and canes. Handles everything from material selection to assembly, polishing, painting, and decoration.
Hanging Lantern Maker
Craftsman who fabricates, repairs, and restores traditional Japanese hanging lanterns and lighting fixtures used in shrines, temples, ryotei restaurants, and tea rooms using woodworking, metalworking, lacquering, and other techniques.
Seal (ten) Engraver
Traditional craft occupation that designs scripts on stone, wood, ivory, etc., and carves seals using specialized engraving knives.
Donsu (Donsu) Weaver
Donsu weavers are artisans who produce donsu, a fabric with luster and intricate patterns, using silk or synthetic fibers and float weaving techniques.
Intermediate Polisher (Lacquerware Manufacturing)
An artisan in lacquerware manufacturing who specializes in polishing (middle polishing) after the middle coating.
Doll Body Maker
A traditional craft artisan specializing in creating the skeletal frame for doll bodies, base preparation, and attaching heads and limbs.
Fabric Zori Maker
Fabric zori makers are artisans who produce traditional Japanese sandals known as zori using fabric. They are specialists who manually perform tasks such as cutting fabric, shaping sole materials, attaching thongs, and more.
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.
Foil Stamper (Lacquerware Manufacturing)
An artisan who decorates lacquerware by pressing gold or silver foil onto lacquered surfaces in the manufacturing process.
Bashofu Weaver
Bashofu weavers hand-weave Bashofu fabric made from plant fibers of the banana family, a traditional craft occupation.