When we think of tradition, we may have the image of it being something old.
However, we define tradition as "something new."
This is because the techniques and know-how that have been passed down as traditions are the result of always grasping the needs of the times and flexibly changing form.
Mitsutami Osawa, a Living National Treasure of metal casting, said the following:
"Tradition is always new"
Mitsutami's works have a very modern feel, even though they carry on the time-honoured technique of metal casting .
A detailed and precise pattern, backed by advanced technology.
Each line gives a glimpse of Mitsutami's humanity.
Perhaps when you engage deeply with tradition, this kind of creativity naturally emerges, resulting in something new.
Beyond the challenge, something new is born.
The same goes for technology and know-how.
Sometimes phenomena emerge from chance events and take shape.
If traditions are things that have piled up like layers of rock, then isn't it exciting to think that the traditions that are now emerging to the surface represent their culmination?
If you try something new, you will fail, and new things will sometimes be criticized.
But I still want to be connected to tradition.
Tradition is Transition.
(Tradition is always new.)
With this in mind, QUTOTEN.
We will continue to spread the beauty of Japanese traditions.
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