Skip to content
Our Sashiko Archives
Our Sashiko Archives

Our Sashiko Story to Your Sashiko Journey

  • About “Our Sashiko” Archives
  • @SashikoStory
  • @UpcycleStitches
Our Sashiko Archives

Our Sashiko Story to Your Sashiko Journey

*

I often receive a question asking: [How can I respect your Sashiko Culture]. “Wo

atsushijp, 2022年7月19日

I often receive a question asking: [How can I respect your Sashiko Culture]. “Wondering & Thinking” is already respectful, and I feel a lot easier to talk to them in comparison to talking to someone who thinks they know all about Sashiko. At the same time, I have been thinking how “we” can be respectful to other cultures – not only Sashiko, but many other foreign cultures.
☆
One answer is “acknowledgement”. However, it is not strong enough to solve a specific issue in a specific culture. For example, in my understanding, “Acknowledgement” will not solve the general issue of Cultural Appropriation. Then, what can we do? What should we do? Another answer can be “Keep Learning”. You may say I have been saying that while. Yes, but this time, keep learning about “our own culture” to respect other cultures. We all have our own culture – stories that define who we are. Learning it from our own family, friends, and people in the same cultural group may be one way to respect other cultures.
☆
“Learning our own culture” will, at some point, require us to “accept it as is”. It may be something uncomfortable, or something to be proud of. For example, we here on SNS often have some type of power. We may call it “privilege”. Learning our privilege and accepting them can be the first step to respect other cultures. Power & privilege itself aren’t the matter of good or bad. “How to use it” will define the value of it. Instead of denying the privilege, accept it and use it to something we can be proud of. That’s one form of respect.
☆
–
–
–
☆
実は戸惑う質問があります。困ると言い換えてもいい。それは「刺し子をどうしたら尊重できますか?」という英語圏からの質問です。その質問そのものが尊重している形であって、ここで書く英語の物語の殆どが、日本語すらできないのに「刺し子のマスターだ」と勘違いしている人等に対する問題提起なので、もう既に尊重して下さっている方々には感謝こそあれ、助言などできないのです。本音では。ただ、それだけ前に進まないので、日々何をしたら「文化を尊重することになるのか」を考えています。ふと思ったのは、「他人に優しくする為にまず自分に優しくなろう」という使い古された、でも真実な言葉。「他の文化を尊重する為に、まずは自分の文化を尊重しよう」と言い換えてもいいなと。とても綺麗で知的なお返事にはなると思うのですが、すると私自身ももっともっと刺し子を学ばなければと、どんどん自分でハードル高くしてるなぁと思ったりするのです。偉そうなこと書いてますが、所詮刺し子です。「所詮」が本質を突きます。日本の「所詮」が、海外のミラクルなのかもしれない。なんてことを思いつつ、また今週末を思いを針に乗せて西海岸で伝えてこようと思っています。
☆

2022-07-19 08:26:19




Source

@SashikoStory HitomezashiJapaneseSashikosashiko一目刺し刺し子日本人の刺し子

Post navigation

Previous post
Next post

Related Posts

@SashikoStory *

In 2014, Keiko & I stood up from the sad reality we experienced. In 2017, after

2023年10月22日

In 2014, Keiko & I stood up from the sad reality we experienced. In 2017, after the first invitation to teach in NYC & after being a stay at home father for 2+ years, we launched this “Sashiko Story”. As similar to other accounts, this account had single digit numbers…

Read More
@SashikoStory *

After another mending with Sashiko. Since it took a month to start mending, the

2017年5月10日

After another mending with Sashiko. Since it took a month to start mending, the hole was a lot bigger. I am happy with the result, though. Looking forward to mend another hole (again). やっとで時間ができて、ジーンズの穴塞ぎ。 これずーっと続けてると、カッコいいジーンズが出来る気がするのです。 2017-05-10 13:11:51 Source

Read More
@SashikoStory *

The back of Sashiko Boro Jacket. I’m so happy to be able to share the first step

2017年11月10日

The back of Sashiko Boro Jacket. I’m so happy to be able to share the first step of making these hand stitch art. I will see you there tomorrow & Sumday. DM me if you want to sign up at the last minutes. There are 2 seats left at 10am….

Read More

Comments (4)

  1. melina says:
    2022年7月19日 at 12:28 AM

    @gabriela.otofuji

    Reply
  2. Naama Peer says:
    2022年7月19日 at 4:27 AM

    Beautiful 👏

    Reply
  3. Mette Munk says:
    2022年7月19日 at 6:08 AM

    I love what you wrote ❤️ so true

    Reply
  4. しのぶ says:
    2022年7月20日 at 12:40 AM

    マスターって‥‥簡単に使える言葉出ないようにおもっていたけど。日本人が思う意味とちょっと違うのでしょうか

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Tags

AtsushiFutatsuya Boro CulturalAppropriation Handmade HandStitching Hitomezashi Indigo JapaneseBoro JapaneseSashiko KeikoFutatsuya Kofu LearnSashiko Mending NaturalDye Patchworking quilting repurpose SashiCo sashiko SashikoClass SashikoDenim SashikoJacket SashikoStitching SashikoStory SashikoThread SashikoWorkshop SlowFashion Slowstitch TraditionalSashiko Unshin Upcycle UpcycleStitches VisibleMending 一目刺し 刺し子 刺し子の再定義 刺し子ワークショップ 刺し子糸 日本の刺し子 日本の日常 日本人の刺し子 素敵なオン刺し 襤褸 運針 運針会

カテゴリー

  • @SashikoStory
  • @UpcycleStitches
  • Upcycle Stitches Archive
©2026 Our Sashiko Archives | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes