Category Archives: kyoto-2018

Hello all! I’m sorry that I didn’t get this published yesterday — it was 2:00 in the morning before we got back from our celebratory karaoke session, and I’ve never been a night owl! Yesterday was the day of our … Continue reading →

It’s almost 2 am so I’ll make this quick. Today we delivered our final partner presentations at Terminal Kyoto. We had the morning free, and I did a lot of walking around and took care of some general shopping I … Continue reading →

We met two artisans today: Kokun-sensei, a Noh mask maker, and Sasaki-san, a Noh costume maker. Kokun-sensei is currently 65 years old. When he was younger, he became friends with a Buddhist sculptor who introduced him to the Buddhist sculptor … Continue reading →

Today we left at 9:30 to see the last two Artisans of the programme. As my group was focused on Noh Performers, I was quite excited to learn about the costumes and masks that are used in Noh Performances. We … Continue reading →

We were finally able to wrap up our portion of the artisan visits today after checking off Ohtsuki Kokun, the Noh mask maker, and Sasaki Yoji, the Noh costume maker. Like Miyamoto-sensei, Kokun-sensei was eager to show us his carving … Continue reading →

Hello all! We began today at 9:30 with a taxi to the house of Otsuki Kokun, the Noh mask maker who would be speaking with us. He led us to the upstairs of his house where beautiful Noh masks were laid … Continue reading →

We set out today at 9:30 AM today on a taxi to Noh Mask Carver Otsuki Kokun’s residence. We were very honored to have seen Otsuki-sensei’s Noh mask collection. They were the same set of masks that were shown at … Continue reading →

Today was our final day of proper class and we met the last two artisans – the Noh Mask maker Otsuki Kokun and the head of a Noh costume textile company Sasaki-san.  I enjoyed both visits for the same reason … Continue reading →

We called taxis today at 9:30am to get to Ohtsuki Kokun-sensei’s residence. He is an artisan mask maker, and as we walked to the second floor studio, we could see a large variety of Noh, kyogen, and okina masks that … Continue reading →