Artisans: Japan

Artisans: Japan

A series showcasing some of Japan's most skilled and dedicated creators

Editor's choice

Japanese tattoo artist Horimyo (L) tattoos on the shoulder of calligrapher Hayato Suzuki prior to their collaboration event in Tokyo on February 25, 2009. Japanese tattooist demonstrated and exhibited his black and gray masterpieces for his Japanese traditional tattoo arts. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Fading ink: Keeping Japan's 'hand-carved' tattoo tradition alive

Oscar Holland, CNN

"Under the Wave off Kanagawa, from Thirty six views of Mount Fuji"

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Why the 'Great Wave' has mystified art lovers for generations

Dan Tham, CNN

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Samurai swordsmiths cling to a centuries-old craft

Oscar Holland and Temujin Doran, CNN

Meticulous detail

luxury

Farming Japan's precious Akoya pearls

Ming Liu, CNN

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Capturing the ephemeral beauty of flowers

Dan Tham, CNN

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Hundreds of manga creatures hide in Mona Lisa's smile

Oliver Giles, CNN

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Capturing the hidden emotions of Noh masks

Stella Ko, CNN

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Japanese art looks to historical craftsmanship

Emmanuelle de Montgazon

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Carving Japan's rotund good-luck dolls

Emiko Jozuka, CNN

Dedicated creators

One of more than 70 bamboo baskets on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's current exhibition "Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection."

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The incredible possibilities of bamboo

Oscar Holland, CNN

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Samurai history captured using 19th-century technique

Emiko Jozuka, CNN

fashion

Craftmanship meets the science of space travel

Oscar Holland, CNN

design

700-year-old 'oke' craft gets a modern makeover

Euan McKirdy, CNN

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'Ultra-technologists' open digital-only museum in Tokyo

Stephy Chung, CNN

Murose's lacquerware items can take ten months to a year to complete -- or even two years for a larger piece.

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Kazumi Murose: 'Culture is what we create with our hands'

Oscar Holland, CNN and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN