# E3.1 - My Mom Really Is Amazing!
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***SIGN*** Gathering Ideas for Our Pottery
***SIGN*** Narration by Wakai Yuuki
**[00:02] nar**
* In this episode, we check out all sorts*
* of pottery to get inspired for our next pieces!*
**[00:07] nar**
* And what's this? The work of*
* a living national treasure?!*
***SIGN*** Kirameki ☆ Unforent's "Rinne x Reincarnation"
***SIGN*** The Yakumo voice actresses make a
one-of-a-kind piece of pottery!
***SIGN*** Gathering ideas from the works
of a living national treasure
**[00:47] nar**
* In season two, we're attempting to make*
* a one-of-a-kind piece of pottery!*
**[00:48] txt**
Making a one-of-a-kind piece of pottery
**[00:51] nar**
*To gather some ideas for our pieces,*
**[00:55] nar**
* we'll be looking at some of*
* the best pieces in the world.*
***SIGN*** Looking at the works of a living national treasure for inspiration
**[01:00] nar**
* That's why we came to the Arakawa Toyozō*
* Museum in Kani, Tajimi's neighbor city!*
***SIGN*** Arakawa Toyozō Museum (Kani City, Gifu Prefecture)
***SIGN*** On display are the achievements and works of living treasure, Arakawa Toyozō
**[01:07] nar**
* Who exactly was this Arakawa Toyozō-san*
* that they made an entire museum for him?*
**[01:15] Guide**
So, Arakawa-san, as a person...
***SIGN*** Plays Aoki Touko
Honizumi Rina
***SIGN*** Plays Toyokawa Himeno
Tanaka Minami
***SIGN*** Plays Naruse Naoko
Wakai Yūki
***SIGN*** Plays Kukuri Mika
Serizawa Yū
**[01:17] Girls**
Yes.
**[01:17] Guide**
Do you have an idea what he was like?
**[01:20] wak**
I did hear that he's a
living national treasure.
**[01:23] Guide**
Correct.
***SIGN*** Katou Keiko-san
**[01:23] Guide**
There are living national
treasure for many things,
**[01:25] Guide**
but Arakawa Toyozō-san
was the first person ever
**[01:28] Guide**
to get the living national
treasure designation
**[01:30] Guide**
for the Shino and Setoguro style of pottery.
**[01:32] Girls**
Wow.
***SIGN*** The first living national treasure from Tajimi
Arakawa Toyozō
**[01:35] Voice**
* Arakawa Toyozō-san was a potter*
* born in the city of Tajimi.*
**[01:39] Voice**
*Designated as a living national treasure,*
**[01:42] Voice**
* Arakawa Toyozō-san was a person who*
* rewrote the history of pottery!*
***SIGN*** The shard of a Shino bamboo shoot cup Toyozō found
**[01:47] Voice**
*This shard was how he did it.*
**[01:51] Voice**
*Apparently, this is a shard from a Shino cup,*
**[01:54] Voice**
* a style that ceased to*
* exist 400 years ago...*
**[01:58] Guide**
So, until Arakawa Toyozō-san's discovery,
**[02:00] Guide**
it was thought that this type of pottery
**[02:03] Guide**
was being fired in the kilns of
Seto in Aichi Prefecture.
***SIGN*** Arakawa proved that Shino was fired in Kani, Gifu prefecture
rather than Seto, Aichi prefecture as had been believed.
**[02:06] Guide**
But with his discovery here in Kani,
**[02:08] Guide**
proved that Shino ware was
actually being fired here in the Mino area.
**[02:13] Guide**
This was a tremendously important event.
**[02:16] tan**
That changed history.
**[02:18] guide**
Yes, that changed the history.
**[02:23] Voice**
*Not only did he discover that,*
**[02:26] Voice**
* but Arakawa Toyozō-san also managed to*
* recreate Shino ware based on that shard!*
**[02:31] Guide**
On the right, we have one of
Toyozō-san's recreations.
***SIGN*** 400-year-old Shino-ware shard
***SIGN*** Toyozō's recreation
**[02:33] Guide**
On the left, we have a piece of Shino ware
dating back to 400 years before that.
**[02:37] Girl**
So he used that shard to make this?
**[02:40] Guide**
That is correct.
**[02:40] Guide**
You can see the edge of the shard, right?
**[02:44] Guide**
He was able to see the inside and
tell what kind of clay was used,
**[02:49] Guide**
and how the glaze was applied.
**[02:51] Guide**
He studied this shard and worked
to make his own recreation.
***SIGN*** Studied the shard to make his own recreation
**[02:56] Girls**
That's amazing!
**[02:58] Guide**
It truly is amazing. He recreated
it from square one.
**[03:01] Guide**
He was the one who managed to do that.
**[03:03] wak**
Amazing.
**[03:06] nar**
* This museum also has the house*
* where Toyozō-san lived.*
***SIGN*** Toyozō-san's home in Kani City
**[03:12] nar**
* You can go inside and see*
* Toyozō-san's favorite place.*
**[03:16] Guide**
Right here.
**[03:17] wom**
Oh wow, you can see inside!
**[03:17] tan**
Look at the window!
**[03:18] ser**
You can see how he lived!
**[03:20] Guide**
Yes, that's how he lived.
***SIGN*** Bedroom
**[03:21] Guide**
This was the room he used for sleeping.
**[03:26] Guide**
It's rather small, but from here,
if you could just look over there.
**[03:31] Guide**
What do you see?
**[03:34] Guide**
Do you see the stone monument-like thing?
**[03:36] girls**
Ah, yes!
**[03:37] Guide**
That's actually the spot where he
discovered the shard of Shino ware,
***SIGN*** Discovery site of the Shino ware shard
**[03:41] Guide**
the same shard that you saw in the museum.
**[03:44] hon**
So it was right there!
**[03:45] Guide**
That's right. It was this exact spot.
**[03:46] Guide**
They say this entire area
was very important to him.
**[03:53] hon**
It's like you wake up, say good morning.
**[03:55] hon**
Then bam, open your door and you're
already here, in this spot.
**[04:00] ser**
For us, there's like 120% high rises.
**[04:03] wak**
True.
**[04:03] ser**
High rises, houses.
Or buildings, convenience stores.
**[04:07] hon**
Right.
**[04:08] ser**
But here, you have this
instead of those things.
**[04:10] ser**
I think that this is how your
senses get keener, you know?
**[04:12] wak**
Yeah, I think otherwise you
couldn't make stuff like that.
**[04:14] ser**
It really makes you think, huh?
**[04:18] nar**
* And there is one more person living*
* national treasure that Tajimi produced!*
***SIGN*** Living national treasure from Tajimi
Katou Takuo
**[04:22] nar**
*Potter Katou Takuo.*
***SIGN*** Koubeigama Kiln
**[04:25] Voice**
This time, we'll be taking a
look at Katou-san's works!
**[04:29] wak**
We're being teased.
**[04:30] Girls**
Wow!
**[04:32] Girls**
What?!
**[04:33] ser**
That gloss looks totally different.
**[04:36] tan**
Wow!
**[04:37] wak**
How is it so shiny?
**[04:39] Guy**
This is a ceramic called Lusterware.
**[04:43] Guy**
Depending what angle you it from, it shines
in different colors like a jewel beetle.
**[04:47] Guy**
This Lusterware is the only type of
pottery in the world that does that.
***SIGN*** Katou Ryoutarou-san
**[04:51] Voice**
* This is a piece of the fabled pottery*
* technique, Persian Lusterware,*
**[04:55] Voice**
* that is said to have ceased*
* being made 300 years ago.*
***SIGN*** Persian Lusterware
**[04:58] Voice**
*The most impressive property*
**[05:00] Voice**
* is that the colors change depending*
* on the angle you look at it.*
**[05:05] Voice**
* Katou Takuo-san spent 20 years to*
* recreate this lost technique!*
***SIGN*** Spent about 20 years to recreate Lusterware in Japan
**[05:11] Voice**
*That's too incredible!*
**[05:14] Voice**
So that means a Japanese person
recreated the technique,
**[05:17] Voice**
something that even the local
people had not managed to do?
**[05:20] hon**
Oh, right.
**[05:20] ryo**
That's right.
**[05:22] All**
That's amazing.
**[05:24] wom**
Just like Toyozō-san revived
the Shino ware technique.
**[05:28] hon**
Reviving a technique is
such an impressive feat.
**[05:32] tan**
I mean a culture that had sort
of stopped being passed on,
**[05:35] tan**
to bring that back to life,
that's really so amazing.
**[05:39] ryo**
Since we already have it out here, would
you like to try some tea from this cup?
**[05:45] tan**
Are you sure that's okay?!
**[05:46] ser**
Really?
**[05:48] ryo**
Yes, please.
***SIGN*** A special treat, tea from Lusterware
**[05:50] nar**
* Incredible, we get a special treat and get*
* to have matcha from this Lusterware cup!*
**[05:56] nar**
*Minami will drink for us all.*
**[06:07] tan**
This is lovely.
**[06:08] tan**
It's so warm.
**[06:10] tan**
Thank you for this.
**[06:12] wak**
That's really such a lovely cup.
**[06:22] tan**
It is so delicious.
**[06:24] Man**
Thank you so much.
**[06:26] wak**
When you live in Tokyo,
**[06:29] wak**
you almost never get the chance
to do something like this.
**[06:32] wak**
You don't say on your day off,
"Oh, I guess I'll go catch a tea ceremony."
**[06:36] ser**
When you have a tea in Tokyo,
it's more of a party.
**[06:39] ser**
Where girls get together
to eat sweets, you know?
**[06:43] ser**
Maybe the people living in Tokyo would
need something like this the most.
**[06:47] All**
That's true.
***SIGN*** Tajimi Station
***SIGN*** Honmachi Oribe Street
**[06:51] nar**
* After we saw the works of the*
* living national treasures,*
***SIGN*** Looking at the future of pottery to get inspiration
**[06:56] nar**
* our next stop is at the Tajimi City*
* Pottery Design and Technical Center.*
***SIGN*** Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center
***SIGN*** Aspiring potters from all over the country come here
It has produced over 900 potters and designers
**[06:59] nar**
* This is a place to learn*
* pottery; a pottery university.*
**[07:06] nar**
* Young, aspiring potters from all over the*
* country come here to improve their skills.*
**[07:12] all**
Hello.
**[07:13] nar**
* We're going to take a look at*
* some of these students' pieces.*
**[07:16] nar**
* Who knows, one of them might be a*
* future living national treasure!*
***SIGN*** Kashima Aya from Kanagawa Prefecture
**[07:21] nar**
* Kashima-san is making these*
* cracked pottery pieces.*
**[07:25] nar**
*This is so unique.*
***SIGN*** Miyachi Shingo-san from Gifu prefecture
***SIGN*** Katou Masaki-san from Hyougo prefecture
**[07:28] all**
That's so cute!
**[07:30] nar**
* Miyachi-san and Katou-san*
* are making tea cups.*
**[07:34] nar**
* The colors and forms are all so*
* lovely, that this slipped out...*
**[07:38] wak**
How much could I buy this for?
**[07:40] Hon**
No, really.
**[07:42] tan**
How much would this be?
**[07:43] nar**
* Next, we got to look at the*
* graduating class's work.*
**[07:48] wak**
What? Dolls? This is great.
**[07:52] wak**
They're all looking at us.
**[07:54] ser**
This reminds me of bowling.
**[08:00] hon**
You're right.
**[08:01] tan**
So cute.
**[08:02] wak**
We'd be in so much trouble.
**[08:02] ser**
They're going like this.
**[08:05] ser**
What do you think they want?
**[08:07] wak**
Oh, yeah.
**[08:08] ser**
It really looks like they're
hoping for something.
**[08:09] wak**
You can interpret them in so many ways.
**[08:13] hon**
You really can.
**[08:14] ser**
Some of them are in shorts, some in pants.
**[08:17] hon**
Oh yeah, they've all got
slightly different clothes.
**[08:18] tan**
I'd have so many questions for
the person who made this.
**[08:22] hon**
Right?
**[08:22] tan**
I'd love to talk to them.
**[08:24] hon**
It's great.
**[08:26] wak**
I feel like I'm in a museum.
**[08:30] ser**
So if these are the pieces
of the graduated class,
**[08:31] ser**
that means they still made
these as students, right?
**[08:34] ser**
How are they all so talented?
**[08:38] nar**
* We saw so many pieces and*
* got so many stimuli!*
**[08:42] nar**
*What kind of piece should I make now?*
***SIGN*** Next time: Making a sketch of the pottery piece
**[08:47] nar**
* Next time, we'll be making sketches for*
* our one-of-a-kind piece of pottery!*
**[08:52] wak**
Like this.
**[08:53] nar**
* We'll be learning so much about the*
* tools used in pottery making, too!*
**[08:57] wak**
I've literally never seen
any of this before.