Many told us that our Sashiko is “Traditional”. We often use the word “Tradition

Many told us that our Sashiko is “Traditional”. We often use the word “Traditional” in contrast to “Modern (Contemporary)”. I have another perspective on “Tradition”. It is an “accumulation” of people’s knowledge, wisdom and story. I am sharing all of “my tradition” so that we can pass down the Sashiko we practice.
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In my understanding, [I taught myself] doesn’t mean there are no “teachers” to them. They probably didn’t learn it from a specific teacher, but I don’t think it is possible to “create everything from nothing”. Instead, we learn by watching, listening and reading. In the past, it was someone in the family or in the neighborhood. Once, it was a pile of books. Today, it is a series of SNS Posts/Reels and videos on Youtube.
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As you know, I keep saying “Please copy what I do” while sharing the videos of my stitching. When I decided to share them in 2016, regardless of many thoughtful adverse advice that I would lose my “bread”, I needed to take the risk. I would rather it be copied than modified, or even worse, “erased” by filtration. So, please copy what we do. If you can, help us to make living by taking our class (I will make “it” happen to you, for you) and/or shopping with us.
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I am passing down the Sashiko I learned from many anonymous Sashiko artisan. They prefer to be anonymous, but I prefer to be noted so that I can pass down the “tradition” – an accumulation of stories. If you learned Unshin from our videos, please tell others about us. If you learned Unshin from somewhere else, your voice of who/what you learned from will help us to keep the “tradition”. I would like to learn from them, too. It is a journey of finding a missing piece of “Traditional Sashiko”.
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運針動画を公開する際、「コピーされるからやめた方がいい」と沢山の助言を頂きました。でも食い扶持がなくなる覚悟で、世に出しました。それは、「無かったことにされるくらいなら、真似られた方がいい」と思ったからです。英語圏では「刺し子には指抜きは必要ない」とありましたが、今では沢山の運針動画を見つけることができます。6年前のあの時に夢見た風景です。「独学」は「何も誰からも教わっていない」とは同義ではありません。何かを読み、何かを参考にし、ご自身で学ばれたということです。僕は匿名希望であり続ける沢山の刺し子職人さんから運針を（見て）学び、未来に繋げる役割を担いたいと思っています。同時に、同様の運針が各地に残っているはずで、その先生方に教えを請いたい気持ちでいます。伝統って古いものという意味だけではなく、時代を超えた「積み重ね」だと思っているので、できるだけ丁寧にお声を拾っていきたいのですよね。皆様の運針のルーツ、紹介頂けたら嬉しいです。
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2022-04-10 07:29:38

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