What is a Commodity Paper?

After the "paper" invented in ancient China was transmitted to Japan through Korea, the unique materials and production methods of Japan produced the paper with Japanese cultural characteristics-Japanese paper. The ancient capital of Japan, Nara Buddhism flourished, and Heiankyo established an official paper mill, so Japanese paper developed rapidly in the Kansai region. Waseki has experienced a long history of 1200 years, and has been integrated into Japanese life in many aspects such as food, clothing, housing, wedding ceremony and funeral ceremony. Even with the popularization of Western paper, Japanese paper is still an important part of people's lives. In recent years, Hezhi has also shown new charm in the field of modern art, and Kansai writers who are active on the world art stage have attracted worldwide attention.

Japanese paper

And paper making is very similar to traditional paper making, but different in chemical materials. The production process as a whole is long and tedious. Even the production time has strict requirements. Generally, it is required to be in the cold winter, and the pure, flowing cold is used in it.

In the mid-16th century, the Portuguese missionary Luis. Floris lives in Japan for a long time. He published a record of his stay in Japan

The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee held in Paris, France, decided to include "Japanese paper, Japanese handicraft and paper technology" as an intangible cultural heritage.

Japanese paper is not easily damaged. In the Edo period, Hosokawa was a necessity for the lives of Japanese people. Ishijuban paper is a precious accounting paper for Osaka merchants, and this Mino paper was first used as a household register paper in the Asuka era (around the 7th century).

In 2009, Shizhou Banzhi was separately included in the intangible cultural heritage list, but later the US Merano paper was put on hold because it was "similar to Shizhou Banzhi". Therefore, the Japanese government merged Shizhou Banzhi and the other two papers, and collectively applied for the legacy of the paper in the form of an "expanding proposal".

The review of intangible cultural heritage takes place once a year. ^[1]