画数の多いあの漢字を印鑑に。「文字が潰れてないの凄すぎ」とハンコ職人の技術に感嘆の声続出
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6948fca5e4b0c3ddb222ce7d
#huffingtonpost #LIFE #ネットで話題 #印鑑 #職人 #nettodewadai #inkan #shokunin
画数の多いあの漢字を印鑑に。「文字が潰れてないの凄すぎ」とハンコ職人の技術に感嘆の声続出
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6948fca5e4b0c3ddb222ce7d
#huffingtonpost #LIFE #ネットで話題 #印鑑 #職人 #nettodewadai #inkan #shokunin
Lito’s mini worlds on single leaves…
It’s incredible how Japan produces so many of these esoteric creatives who are masters of their field. Some become mainstream, of course. However, the country continues to amaze me as I’ve not seen another country that’s allowed for such varied creatives so much freedom to pursue their dreams. It’s in their philosophy of the shokunin and Ikigai. The more I learn about Japan, the more I am motivated to save even more money to spend a meaningful amount of time traveling and soaking in everything.
The Japanese word ‘shokunin’ is often translated as ‘artisan’ in English. Although it isn’t incorrect by definition, the translation seems to lose the spirit of what a shokunin does. I’m reminded of this every time I explain the works and lives of shokunin to an overseas audience, which happens to b