夫婦で手彫りのハンコを作るプロセス。創業77年のハンコ工房

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For those who don’t know about the four Chinese characters in the stamp, it says “white crane in the cloud” (雲中白鹤). Crane is a typical spiritual symbol of longevity and a lifestyle close to the nature or the God in Chinese culture.

I thought I was a woodworker, your beautiful work and such attention to detail now makes me want to start over and push myself even further. Thank you very much for sharing your art and passion.

We are Chinese born in the district of southern Vietnam. My father craving statues of Buddha, Gods, Chinese characters signs etc, he also craved stamps on special requests. Believe it or not, while this stamp made here is beautiful, but it’s a lot easier to produce cause of its big size; my dad used to carve much smaller size stamps, size of playing dices, small sizes are for signatures on books, literatures, letters etc. Watching this really brings back old memories of dad, watching dad worked into the night with just a small spotlight just like so. My dad learned from my grandpa, grandpa immigrated from southern China to Vietnam in the 1890s, did this for a living until he reached Saigon-Cholon, and continued to work as carving artist until he died in 1948. Salute to all handcrafts artists ❤ [Edited 02/01/2024: Thank you for all your likes! Since this comment shows many interests, I would please to share a bit more information. My dad’s art work could be found from the 17th Parallel down to the edge of Hà Tiên (pre 1975 the entire South Vietnam). Most carved statues are in pagodas and temples throughout southern parts especially in District 5 & 6. One special piece of artwork needed to mention was the “King’s Chair” of Bảo Đại, the last king of Vietnam. It is still in display in the museum of Bảo Đại up in Dalat (Dinh Bảo Đại in your itinerary), this was the king’s own mansion during his reign. This king’s chair was actually initially completed by my grandfather, later being renewed by my father circa 1956, where the chair was completely refinished with mostly 24 karate gold plated].

Wow, I never knew it took so much work into it...I am Japanese living in the US for more than 50yrs and finding out so many histories in Japan that I sure didn't know...thank you for this video!!!!! :))

Great, we need 19 more.

So chill. I learn so much from these artisan videos. Much appreciation.

The attention to detail is amazing!!! THAT is taking pridei your work!!!!

I was waiting untill end to see if the bottom of engraving was going to be cleaned up and I was not disappointed! Beautiful work.

Che abilità,che raffinatezza. Stupendo ❤️

Восхитительно! Отдаю должное мастерству работников.🙏🙏🙏

O que mais surpreende é a paciência e a delicadeza dos japoneses.

Incredible craftsmanship!

What beautiful work! Thank you for sharing it with us.

마음이 평온해진 느낌입니다 대단한 장인정신입니다 👍👍

I'm speechless! That was just WOW 👌 👏 😍 👍It takes a lot of hard work and patience to create such masterpieces. The more I learn about Japanese culture and traditions, the more I love your country 👏 🇯🇵

Amazing craftmanship! Thank you for sharing your skills and knowledge.

Belíssimo trabalho!!! Parabéns!!!

I admire so many Japanese skills, watching this was kin to meditation. Such a beautiful discipline and work of art. Thank you for bringing this to us!

Gracias por compartir su arte, Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷👍