Introduction

Hello everyone！！
This is the TRADITIONAL CRAFTS NFT management team.

On Monday, October 24, 2022, we released the second round of the TRADITIONAL CRAFTS NFT.
As with the first release, designers who agreed with the vision of this project were involved in the project from the concept stage, and we have created a wonderful work of art that we are very attached to.

The second release of the TRADITIONAL CRAFTS NFT will consist of a total of 500 NFTs made from 20 types of traditional crafts from all over Japan.
Please take a look at them with excitement as if you are looking for a treasure.

【The privilege of purchasing NFTs of traditional crafts for our 2nd release】
We will invite you to our community for NFT purchasers only.
In addition, you will have the right to propose and decide how to use the proceeds from the NFT.
※You may have a wonderful encounter with friends who have gathered around the keywords "traditional crafts" and "NFT.

Today is "Akama Inkstones".

Introduction of the creators

Mizuka Yamada(Facebook)

https://www.instagram.com/chakoyomi/?hl=ja

Comment from the creator

In Japan, it is said that tools that have been used for 100 years acquire spirituality and become deities of mourning, and since the Muromachi period, they have been depicted in otogi-zoshi or fairy tales, and have become familiar to people.
Crafts that have been used and embedded in people's daily lives since ancient times may have also become tsukemogami without our noticing.
In this issue of NFT, we are trying to imagine 20 traditional crafts from all over Japan as Tsukumogami(gods of mourning).
Please take a look and see if there is a Tsukemogami to your liking.

Introduction of each work

Akama Inkstones

This inkstone is made in the Shimonoseki and Ube City area of Yamaguchi Prefecture.
■Made in
Yamaguchi
■Origin
It is said that the inkstone was dedicated in 1191 to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was associated with Minamoto no Yoritomo. The name "Akama inkstone" is said to derive from the fact that it was first made in Akamagaseki, the old name of the current Shimonoseki City.
■Characteristics
In addition to its dense texture, Akama-ishi is characterized by its high content of quartz and iron, both of which are necessary for making inkstones. Akama-ishi is very tenacious, which makes it easy to engrave. In addition to the Nosura inkstones, which are made from the raw stone, there are also beautifully engraved inkstones and inkstones with lids. In addition to an eye for stone, the craftsman must also have the skill to handle gunpowder, and it is said that it takes more than 10 years to be able to quarry stones. The unevenness of the stone makes it easy to polish and produce ink, and it can be used to make ink quickly and easily.

In closing

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