A Basketmaker in Rural Japan

"A Basketmaker in Rural Japan" 1994 11 minutes Made for the exhibition A Basketmaker in Rural Japan at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Funding from the Smithsonian Institution Special Exhibition Fund. Video footage donated by UMK Television Miyazaki. "A Basketmaker in Rural Japan" introduces the life work of Hiroshima Kazuo (born 1915), the last professional basketmaker in the mountainous Hinokage region on Japan's island of Kyushu. Viewers can watch Mr. Hiroshima make a creel while listening to his descriptions of his apprenticeship, the role of basketmakers in Japanese rural society, and his feelings about his work. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery