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  Kakinomoto no Hitomaro - TheBestLinks.com - Kakinomotono Hitomaro, Japan, Manyoshu, 710, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kakinomotono Hitomaro, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japan, Manyoshu, 710, 662, Nara...
His poems included "In the sea of ivy clothed Iwami", "The Bay of Tsunu", and "I loved her like the leaves".
There is a "Portrait of Hitomaro and His Waka Poem" by Ikeda Munemasa.
www.thebestlinks.com /Kakinomotono_Hitomaro.html   (112 words)

  
 Sekishu Paper,Handmade Sekishu Paper,Japanese Sekishu Paper,Sekishu Mulberry Paper
This paper has been made in the Iwami area (Sekishu) for over 1,300 years.
It is said that when Kakinomotono Hitomaro went to take up the post of protector in the province of Iwami, he taught the people there how to make paper.
Sekishu paper is made only from locally cultivated paper mulberry and has excellent strength, fineness, and luster.
www.theearthpaper.net /sekishu.html   (312 words)

  
 b-zenjapan - Introduction of Traditional Crafts : Shimane Prefecture - Sekishu Paper
While mention is made of Sekishu in the Engishiki, a Heian period (794-1185) document on court protocol, a more direct reference to paper is made in the Kamisuki Chohoki, a "A Manual of Papermaking" published in 1798.
It says that when a Kakinomotono Hitomaro went to take up the post of protector in the province of Iwami (Shimane prefecture), he taught the people there how to make paper.
Sekishu paper has been made unceasingly for about 1,300 years.
www.b-zenjapan.com /crafts/shimane_02.phtml   (359 words)

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