About Suruga Take Chikusen Bamboo Craft
Suruga Take Chikusen is bamboo crafts produced in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Characterized by a technique of combining hundreds to thousands of bamboo strips (higo) to create vessels, baskets, and flower vases. The Suruga region (modern Shizuoka) was favored by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and developed from the Edo period as a souvenir along the Tokaido highway. Delicate and intricate pieces woven from thin bamboo strips are also popular as modern lighting and interior design.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
竹ひご製作千筋編み組み立て
Materials
真竹（まだけ）孟宗竹（もうそうちく）
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.
- 駿河竹千筋細工工房（産地にご確認ください） hands-on experience