Colossal<p>The Japanese art of kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. A video from The Process visits the workshop of Kinoshita Mokuge. </p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/ancient-japanese-art-kumiko/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/anc</span><span class="invisible">ient-japanese-art-kumiko/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/pattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pattern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/kumiko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kumiko</span></a></p>