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- noun A tough
paper used intraditional Japanese art forms.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The covers of the book were designed by Christina Linderberg and placed within the folds of the washi are the plates of the actual pencil rubbing.
Global Voices in English » Japan: We will not forget Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2009
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For her the finest clothes were made of the varicolored silk called washi, a single length of which, designed for her, cost 50,000 dinars.
Scheherazade Goes West Fatema Mernissi 2001
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The traditional Japanese design includes the vehicles two doors made of "washi" traditional Japanese paper coated with vermilion lacquer.
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"We talked about the traditional and innovative aspects of washi, and new possibilities in music and stage decoration."
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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But washi as large format installation art, using paper tapestries up to 50 feet long, brings this ancient process to a new artistic and technological level altogether.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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After working for four years in banking, she moved to the accounting department of a company that specialized in developing products made from washi.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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Until now, the largest washi never exceeded 3 feet x 6 feet long.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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Horiki found the solutions to many potential problems through technology, sandwiching her washi in glass when necessary, and allowing the stunningly warm, soft and radiant paper to thrive in the harshest environments.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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It takes as much effort to protect the washi as it does to design and create it.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
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One of Horiki's most exciting projects was a collaboration with cellist Yo Yo Ma, a 46 foot long by 13 foot high single piece of washi that is the stage backdrop for his "Silk Road" concert tour, which debuted at Carnegie Hall.
Steve Beimel: Meetings With Remarkable People in Japan: Eriko Horiki -- Pioneer on the Washi Frontier Steve Beimel 2011
slumry commented on the word washi
A kind of paper made in Japan
July 24, 2007