Craftsman

経歴： He was born in Kawaguchi, Kawaguchi City, Saitama, under parents who operated a casting business for their living. After graduating higher elementary school, he left their parents house and...

Career： Born in 1967. He is the son of SAOSHOSAKU（also known as Kazuo Yamano) and is the second generation of the wazao-crafting family. He worked for an IT company after...

Career： Born in 1914. he started to learn making wazao under Tosaku the 4th. After 8 years of training, he went back to his hometown Kawaguchi, he starts to run...

Career： Born in 1928 in Saitama prefecture, growing up as a son of a rod crafter. He learned under Tosaku the 4th together with Toasku the 5th, 東静、東猛、秀作、東昭、6代目東作competing with them...

Career： Born in Saitam in 1937. His parents owned a liquor shop but he started making wazao right after he graduated junior high school. He studied under 忠洋 (Tadahiro?) in...

Career： Born in Tokyo in 1930 as a son of a river fisher. Shortly after the war ended in 1945, he started learning wazao crafting specifically with Hotei bamboo under...