Japan's Kintsugi & the Culture of Repair
The Complete Guide to 200 Golden Seams, Restoration Crafts & Mended Treasures
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryJapan Guides & Culture
- LanguageEnglish
- ISBN1990000158360
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
A broken bowl is not the end of a bowl.
Japan's Kintsugi & the Culture of Repair is the complete guide to 200 golden seams, restoration crafts and mended treasures, in eight parts: the golden seam itself — urushi lacquer, gold dust and the joiner's patience; ceramic repairs beyond gold; lacquer and wood; paper, books and pictures; cloth, from sashiko stitching to boro; metal, glass, stone and instruments; the places, people and workshops where repair is practised and taught; and a repair handbook for the reader's own shelf.
Each entry tells what is mended, how the craft works, and what the mending means — a culture that treats the break as part of the object's biography, not its disgrace. Changeable facts (workshop fees, class schedules, opening hours) are never asserted as settled: every entry closes with entry-specific wording pointing you to the official source to confirm before you go.
Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.
