Mino washi美濃和紙
The oldest paper in Japan that survives today — census registers from the year 702, kept in the Shosoin treasure house — was made in Mino. Thirteen centuries on, its papermakers still swing kozo through the clear water of the Itadori river, sheeting washi so thin and even it seems to hold light itself. The finest grade, Hon-minoshi, is UNESCO-listed — and it still glows in shoji screens and the lanterns of Mino's autumn nights.
Kept in ・ 産地
Mino美濃
Gifu Prefecture — Japan
A river town that paper built — Mino's udatsu-crowned merchant houses rose on washi wealth, and each autumn the town lights its streets with lanterns of its own paper.
Mino washi美濃和紙
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The oldest paper in Japan that survives today — census registers from the year 702, kept in the Shosoin treasure house — was made in Mino. Thirteen centuries on, its papermakers still swing kozo through the clear water of the Itadori river, sheeting washi so thin and even it seems to hold light itself. The finest grade, Hon-minoshi, is UNESCO-listed — and it still glows in shoji screens and the lanterns of Mino's autumn nights.
Kept in ・ 産地
Mino美濃
Gifu Prefecture — Japan
A river town that paper built — Mino's udatsu-crowned merchant houses rose on washi wealth, and each autumn the town lights its streets with lanterns of its own paper.