JapanesePaperPlace.com
Title
The Japanese Paper Place - Retail and Wholesale Supplier of Fine Japanese Papers
Description
Washi is the Japanese word for the traditional papers made from the long inner fibres of three plants, wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper. As Japan rushes with the rest of the world into the 21st Century, and more modern technologies take over, machines produce similar-looking papers which have qualities very different from authentic washi. As of the fall of 1994, there remain roughly 350 families still engaged in the production of paper by hand.
HISTORY
Though paper was originally made in China in the first century, the art was brought to Japan in 610 AD by Buddhist monks who produced it for writing sutras.
By the year 800, Japan's skill in papermaking was unrivalled, and from these ancient beginnings have come papers unbelievable in their range of colour, texture and design.
Contact
- THE JAPANESE PAPER PLACE
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- TORONTO ON
- Canada M6K 2L3
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- 416-538-9669
