my first post: washi paper maker from japan

Hello Steemians. *記事の概要の日本語訳が下にあります。
My name is Rogier Uitenboogaart, I am a Japanese papermaker and artist.
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http://rogier.jp This is my artist website.
http://kamikoya-washi.com This is my studio/guest house/workshop website. I am running this with my family.
  
I am Dutch, 38 years ago I moved to Japan to learn the art of Japanese washi-paper making, and have lived and worked in the Kochi prefecture on the island Shikoku since then.
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(This kind of paper is called Unryu-mizutama shi, dragon cloud paper with waterdrops. A paper like this made me become interested in Washi and Japan. )
  
This is my first post on steemit, my introduction post. It took me a few months before my first post now after my son told me about steemit. Still I do not completely understand yet the blockchain and “crypto world” but if steemit is the new media platform on which we will be encouraged to post good contents of value that contribute to a better understanding art and crafts and traditional culture worldwide and that there will be a possibility to get support for being involved with that and to be able to support others, that would be great. I think that moving forward with this traditional art in this modern area depends on how much I will be rooted in the tradition and at the same time how well I can connect with various other disciplines and be inspired by it. I hope that this platform will be an inspiration.
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(This is the place where we live. At the foot of the Shikoku karst plateau and at the source of the Shimanto river.)
  
We would like to introduce the world of traditional washi-paper making. Not only about the actual making of the paper but also as part of the traditional local mountain culture; the way of living, nature, food, and festivals etc.
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(The technique of making traditional Japanese paper is called nagashisuki. The mold is supported by ropes hung from bamboo rods that can move up and down.)
  
Also, here in Japan there are nowadays considered to be four seasons. That is maybe enough if you live in a city today, but in the past, they said that there are 24 seasons or even 48. Traditional washi - paper making is very much connected to and influenced by nature. I hope to follow as much as possible the rhythm of nature and write posts about that.
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(Papermaking in Japan depends on nature a lot, water, plants etc. In our garden, we have the "big three plants/trees" for us: Holland, Japan, papermaking. This year they did bloom at the same time. From left to right, Tulips, Japanese cherry blossom Sakura and one of Japanese paper fiber plants; Mitsumata.)
  
Thanks for reading and I hope to be back soon.

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(This piece is made with the pulp painting method. Cotton and washi fibers)

Here is a quick translation in Japanese by my son.
steemitの皆さんこんにちは、私はオランダ出身の手すき和紙作家ロギール・アウテンボーガルトです。高知県在住です。
http://rogier.jp これが私のアーティスト・ウェブサイトです。
http://kamikoya-washi.com これが私のスタジオのウェブサイトです。紙すき体験のできる民宿を家族で運営しています。
息子にsteemitのことを教えてもらってから、この初投稿までに数カ月たちました。まだsteemitのこともブロックチェーンのこともはっきりとは理解できていませんが、これが私の創作活動のいい刺激になれば素晴らしと思うし、私が関わっているような伝統的な世界にとっても、これからこのような新しい技術は必要なことではないかと思っています。
このブログではこれから、伝統的な和紙作りについてはもちろん、その背景となる自然や文化、精神世界についても書きたいと思っています。そしてまた、よく日本には「四季」があると言われますが、里山では48季あるとさえ言われていますので、その様子もお伝えできればと思います。
読んでくださりありがとうございました。よろしくお願いします。

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Welcome Rogier :)
Definitely a topic I have never heard of before but your story definitely sounds interesting! Resteeming it so some more people will see it!
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Thank you very much for you being interested and resteeming. I hope to continue with interesting topics.

ようこそ! Welcome, rogiernljp! I wish you a great journey here on this platform :) It is my pleasure to meet you!

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Wow, it was very interesting to read about you and what it does in Japan, welcome

Thank you for your welcoming

You have a wonderful view from your place. Glad that you joined us here on Steemit. The art of paper making has always interested me.

Thank you. I hope to show more of this wonderful art. By the way nice picture of the pink sky

Love your art, love Japan, and my grandpa is from the Netherlands.

Thank you , Bedankt en Arigato

Hello, welcome to the Steemit Community.
Congratulations for that wonderful place where you live and the kind of life you have chosen to live in contact with nature, your photos are very beautiful.

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Thank you for your welcoming. Yes it is a wonderful place out here I am happy that you like the pictures.

welcome here in steemit

Thank you for your welcoming.

Welcome, @rogiernljp. What a beautiful blog post!
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Welcome to steemit, rogiernljp! Nice to meet you! I really hope you become successful in this platform!

Thats some pretty interesting paper work you are doing over there in Japan. I always would like to know more about the Japanese culture and how they make things so I guess this is a good way to do that :) Learning more from people like you. Nice pictures too btw!

Feel free to check out my blog posts too incase you find something there that interests you. :)

And you can come join my Discord group where we help new members like you get more exposure on Steemit: https://discord.gg/WmxRnc3

If you do not have a Discord, making one is very easy! If you need help setting it up, I will be glad to do so. Great Intro post! Upvoted and followed!

Thank you for your welcoming. I am glad to hear that you are interested in Japanese culture. I hope to bring more abaout it. I will check out your blog.

Sounds good and yeah, I love the anime and video games that came from japan. I appreciate the art and work they put into it as well. Japan is a great culture! :)

Very cool, Rogier! Welcome! It is so nice to have you here with us. If you have any questions just post them here and I will try help if I can. Good luck!

Thank you!

Welcome to the platform, hope you like it here and weill do well, inspiring story fellow Dutchie! very unique.
Keep sharing, will keep an eye out

Thank you for your welcoming. It nice to see all those nice places in Amsterdam ,The city I love most.

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@rogiernljp, A warm welcome to Steemit. This is a great community and I know you will have a great time here.

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hi @rogienljp. Welcome to steemit. Japan is good place and culture.

Thank you for you welcoming. Yes , Japan's culture is wondeful.

Hai @rogiernljp. I'm also newbie in steemit community, I hope we can to be friend. Sorry my English is not perfect. Thank you

Welcome to steemit family @rogiernljp !! !Good luck.!!
:D Nice pics <3

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