Professional Paper Cutting Art Experience in Okayama

Kirie is one of the painting techniques in which an underpainting dyed in black and white is fixed to a black paper, and unnecessary parts are cut out to create a picture.

used in Japanese culture for a variety of purposes, such as for divine ceremonies, as stencils for dyers, and as an art form in yose theater.

Naoto Umeda, a veteran kiri-e art instructor in business for eight years, who has won two international awards, will demonstrate Japanese paper cutting and then carefully teach the art.