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Kamon Designers Hatoba Shoryu and Yoho
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In Japan, aristocrats and commoners alike once had family crests called kamon, which were hand-painted onto formal kimono by artisans known as monsho-uwaeshi.
With the decline of kimono culture and the rise of silk screen printing, there are now only about twenty of these artisans nationwide. Two of these artisans, Hatoba Shoryu and his son Yoho, are using kamon designs as a foundation to create new artistic expressions.
They found that classic designs, drawn with circles and arcs, were surprisingly compatible with digital tools, and are using them to revive and reimagine a fading tradition.
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