Yesterday I was watching TV and found very nice program by NHK. The name of the program is “Jar of the beauty”(translated directly).
***Introduction*** The theme is “beauty in the life”. We will pickup Bonsai, old China, art nouveau vessels and so on like beautiful items that color our life. In the program, we will show you how to select or appreciate them from some point of view. ***Fromthe website of the program***
It was my first time to watch it and it is very nice and easy to understand. I think NHK (a government- operated TV station) makes programs carefully. These days, there are many dull programs from broadcasting stations….(expect drama)
The theme of yesterday was “YUZEN”(a technique to dye Kimono)
YUZEN…I hear the name like KYO-YUZEN or KAGA-YUZEN often but I had no idea what it is exactly. (KYO=Kyoto, KAGA=KANAZAWA. Both of them are the name of place) Well it has a lot of designs, beautiful and gorgeous….(that’s so rough idea!) In short, I knew nothing!
But thanks to this program, I got a pretty good idea about YUZEN. I will be able to see YUZEN from different point of view from next time!
You can see detail of the program at the website. Kimono is not a permanent theme but you might be interested if you are interested in Kimono or Japanese stuff.
I realized again that KIMONO is super extremely wonderful ethnic clothing. This is exactly “The ART to WEAR”!
Kimono is not perfect itself. It will complete when people wear it.