{"id":12097,"date":"2023-04-08T23:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2023-04-08T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T14:23:43","slug":"anisa-khatana-weaving-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2023\/04\/08\/anisa-khatana-weaving-lessons","title":{"rendered":"Anisa Khatana: Weaving Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"Thanks to Professor Rinne and Nakata-sensei’s research and support, I had the opportunity to take<\/span>lessons from <\/span>Kawasaki-sensei<\/a>, a weaving teacher, obi weaver, and contemporary artist based near Kitaoji station. Once a week, I took the train to Kawasaki-sensei’s classroom and spent around 5-6 hours (including a break for tea, coffee, and sweets!) learning two styles o<\/span>f hand-weaving called\u00a0<\/span>hiraori<\/em> and\u00a0<\/span>tsudzureori<\/em> (tapestry weaving), typically alongside one to three other private students.<\/span><\/p>\n

My time in Kawasaki-sensei’s classroom has been an experience that I’ll treasure forever. When I met him, I had never touched a loom\u2014and in the weeks that followed, I prepared and hand-wove hiraori<\/em>\u00a0scarves and samples as well as a tapestry-weave\u00a0genkan<\/em> mat that I designed with a little sketch. I’m incredibly grateful for the time I got to spend with the loom, but I’m equally if not more grateful for the personal connections that I made over the weeks. Assimilating and becoming comfortable in the classroom was a slow process\u2014we communicated exclusively in Japanese, I was the only foreigner, and everyone was at least ten years older than me\u2014but deeply rewarding even in the most subtle ways.<\/p>\n

Kawasaki-sensei, his wife, and his other students are all lovely people who have repeatedly amazed me with their dedication, knowledge, and kindness. To future students\u2014if you’re someone who feels drawn to fiber arts, this is your sign to pursue that interest in Kyoto. If that’s not you\u2014don’t let fear of discomfort and uncertainty keep you from what could be an incredible experience! Keep an open mind, be genuine and thoughtful, and do your best\u2014the rest will come with time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Professor Rinne and Nakata-sensei’s research and support, I had the opportunity to takelessons … \u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"12097"},"categories":[34,160,32,8,40],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}