Craftsmanship

Japan’s Gorgeous, Precarious Fishing Poles


Listen Later

While Japanese master craftsmen command up to $100,000 for turning bamboo into a fishing pole, aspiring younger makers can barely find anyone to take them on as apprentices. And this isn't the only time-honored Japanese craft at the brink of extinction. How could this happen in a country that, for centuries, has served as a model of handmade perfection?

Japan's Gorgeous, Precarious Fishing Poles, written by Yukari Iwatani Kane, originally appeared in Craftsmanship Quarterly, a multimedia online magazine about artisans, innovators, and the architecture of excellence. You'll find many more stories, videos, audio recordings, and other resources on our site — all free of charge and free of advertising.

Introduction by: Anh Oppenheimer

Narrated by: Nancy LeBrun

Produced by: Larry Rosen

Music by: Mike Snowden

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

CraftsmanshipBy The Craftsmanship Initiative

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

21 ratings


More shows like Craftsmanship

View all
99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,168 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,398 Listeners

This Machine Kills by This Machine Kills

This Machine Kills

206 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,007 Listeners