NIPPON Kichi - 日本吉

2007/1/30

越前奉書 Echizen-housho Echizen-housho

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“Housho” was originally used to describe a form of governmental decree used by a shogun or retired emperor to give orders to subordinates. Later, housho came to be known as a kind of paper. In the Edo period, each Federal clan prepared their own paper to be used for housho. Of all the clans, housho by the Echizen clan was regarded as the highest quality. Handmade paper of good quality is said to be able to retain its properties thousands of years, and this is evident in Echizen paper documents,  which still remain intact today. Echizen paper enjoyed an excellent reputation dating back to the Kamakura period, but it was during the rules of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu that it was strongly protected and thrived. The techniques were refined and improved and the result was an even better quality paper. Echizen paper is durable and does not tear easily, so from the Meiji period on, it was also used for Japanese paintings and reprints of woodblock prints. Ichibei Iwano is the leading maker of Echizen housho and is recognized as a living national treasure. The paper he creates is so strong that no amount of force will tear it. The secret of this high quality comes from the water and the air in Echizen and, above all, the painstaking craftsmanship that continues unchanged from old times.

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