Matsuda Wagasa-ten 松田和傘店

The wagasa resists

During the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) eras, the city of Kanazawa had 118 wagasa shops in which no less than 500 experienced artisans worked with patience and meticulousness. More than a century later, all have disappeared. All? Nope ! The Matsuda Wagasa-ten store resists again and again; carrying on the long tradition of Kanazawa wagasa.

But the Kanazawa glitch has an additional advantage: its great robustness. This extraordinary resistance has been praised throughout the Japanese archipelago for decades, and the wagasa of Kanazawa owe it to the climate of the region . Indeed, Kanazawa's rainy reputation is unfortunately not a legend. But it is a chance for the craftsmen of the region because without this strong rainfall and this abundant snowfall, they would perhaps not have developed such a high quality umbrella covering technique .

In its central part, each wagasa is thus covered with four sheets of washi paper . This quadruple thickness allows its owner to stay dry in all circumstances. In this regard, a popular maxim from the region recalls how the wagasa is an essential accessory for anyone living and walking in Kanazawa: " Forgetting your bento is an inconvenience; forgetting your umbrella is disastrous! "

 

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The wagasa sublimate the silhouettes

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Wagasa of Kanazawa

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