It was one of about 1000 paper items collected as part of an investigation of Japanese papermaking. Increased literacy in Europe had led to a critical shortage of paper, and wood pulp paper was ...

HIDAKA, Kochi -- In this village by the pristine waters of the Niyodo River, a small manufacturer of Japanese paper has ... In addition to the machine papermaking process, artisans painstakingly ...

Washi paper was developed in Japan over 1,300 years ago, stemming from traditional Chinese papermaking techniques that were ...