THE TOKYOITES OF TODAY Tokyo People & Their Way of Life Ep. 1 Kataoka Folding Screens, furniture, decorations & canvases
In this first edition of Tokyo Now, we visited Kataoka Folding Screen in Mukojima, Sumida ward, Tokyo. Kataoka Byobu has been creating folding screens for more than 50 years using traditional techniques, but recently they have been looked to world-famous ukiyo-e painter Hokusai for inspiration.