Kirishima Factory Garden

Aramaki Yasuo - Bokken Manufacture 3rd Generation Craftsman [Interview part 2/2 - EN/FR/JA]

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--- Summary ---
- 00:45 - There are very few young craftsmen today, how do you manage to produce such quantities?
- 02:26 - Are your currently recruiting? Is it difficult?
- 03:50 - Do you have children or are there other family members who could be your successor?
- 04:45 - How do you select the wood?
- 05:47 - How is the timber cut to feature a certain kind of grain?
- 07:28 - This must be really difficult when it comes to Jo, as they are longer and thinner?
- 08:04 - This is a traditional industry that needs to be preserved. Do you receive governmental support?
- 08:51 - Voice over - Such wood of outstanding quality comes from the Kirishima Sankei forest grown around an active volcano group...
- 09:35 - Is the Tsubaki (camellia) a good alternative to Hon Biwa (loquat)?
- 10:54 - Which wood would you recommend for contact pratice, as in Aikido?
- 12:21 - Is there still enough timber of outstanding quality available in this region?
- 13:47 - And what about Hon Biwa (loquat)?
- 16:09 - We have to plant them now to ensure the future!

--- TRANSCRIPT and EDITOR'S NOTES ---


--- INTRODUCTION ---
Enjoying the quiet summer months, we travelled across Japan to Miyakonojo and the Kirishima sankei region to visit one of the last wooden weapon workshop of Japan: “Aramaki Budogu Mokojo”.
The founder, master Aramaki the first, began manufacturing Bokken about a century ago, in 1921.
Like his grandfather and father, the grandson of the founder, Master Aramaki Yasuo, 66 years old, still perpetuates the tradition.

--- BLOG RELATED ARTICLE ---
Handmade Bokken, Jo, Tanto - At the workshop Aramaki Bokuto Mokojo:

--- ARAMAKI'S MASTER PIECES ---
Superior Hon Biwa Bokken (Loquat):
Superior Hon Kokutan Bokken (African Ebony):
Superior White Oak Kotobuki Bokken - By Master Aramaki:

--- SOURCES ---
Loquat tree:
Miyakonojo city office:
Amaterasu:
Ninigi no mikoto:
Tree trunk cross section:

--- CREDITS ---
Director: Jordy Delage
Editing: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Music: Guillaume Erard
Narrator: Brian Kamei
Camera: Jordy Delage & Nicolas Nothum
Translation and subtitles: Eriko Hoshi, Rahel Bünzli, Jordy Delage, Nicolas Nothum
For their artistic participation, special thanks to: Christian Tissier Shihan, Norio Hoshi Kyoshi, Alexander Bennett Kyoshi, John Presley Renshi and Jared Kyle Lewis.

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