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Japanese paper和紙 日本紙alternative words: Washi, Wa-shi, Wa shi, Nihonshi, Nihon-shi, Nihon shi keywords: china , craft , korea related topics: Heian period , Kamakura period , Edo period , Shoji related web sites: http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture/washi/index.htm explanation: Invented in China, its fabrication technique was brought to Japan in 610 by a Korean priest, Doncho. During Heian period, fancy papers that the nobility used to write down their poems were created from the official factories. In the following Kamakura period, the samurai clan needed utility paper while the factories were decentralized and Japanese paper reached its apogee during Edo period with more that 100 varieties but declined with an arrival of western papers. | |