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However, as museum curator Mutoh Yukari explains, it is made with glass enamel.   \"Shippo Yaki (Japanese Cloisonne) is a decorative enamel ware in which glass enamel is fired onto...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAt first sight, Japanese cloisonne looks like porcelain. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever, as museum curator Mutoh Yukari explains, it is made with glass enamel.   \u003cbr/\u003e\"Shippo Yaki (Japanese Cloisonne) is a decorative enamel ware in which glass enamel is fired onto a metal base.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNamikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927) is widely recognised as one of the finest creators of Japanese cloisonne.  \u003cbr/\u003eProduction at his studio in Kyoto reached its height from the late 1880s and flourished until 1915 when he retired. \u003cbr/\u003eThe family residence in which his studio was housed is now a museum. \u003cbr/\u003eThere are several different techniques used to make Japanese cloisonne,  but Namikawa specialised in a technique called Yusen Shippo.  \u003cbr/\u003eAs Mutoh explains, fine wires are used to delineate the areas on the metal base to which the enamel is applied.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"Following the pattern drawn onto the metal base of the work, craftsmen apply thin wires. Enamel is painted onto these cells that create divisions preventing the colours from merging. The work is fired in kilns after the enamel has been applied and this technique is known as Yussen Shippo.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eWhile the wires become an integral part of the finished look they also prevent the molten enamel from flowing into an adjoining part of the design during the firing process. \u003cbr/\u003eThe cells created by the wires are known as cloisons in French, hence the name given to the enamel ware, cloisonne. \u003cbr/\u003eTowards the end of the 19th century individual craftsman and companies were producing Shippo Yaki or Japanese cloisonne in several parts of the country. \u003cbr/\u003eBut the art is slowly dying out. \u003cbr/\u003e\"In Japan the cloisonne industry has almost disappeared. Kyoto Shippo (cloisonne) that flourished during the late 19th and early 20th century has been lost. The only area where the craft is still being practiced is the Shippo district in Aichi Prefecture,\" explains Mutoh.  \u003cbr/\u003eFounded in 1880 by Ando Jubei, Ando Shippo Ten company is now run by his great grandson Ando Juro.  \u003cbr/\u003eUnlike all other Japanese Cloisonne producers of the 19th century Ando Shippo Ten is the only company to have survived. \u003cbr/\u003eIndeed without the company the industry would now in all probability have been reduced to a handful of isolated craftsmen and museums. \u003cbr/\u003eThis has been the fate of many traditional Japanese crafts. \u003cbr/\u003eBy contrast, the Ando company currently has 147 full time employees on salary.  \u003cbr/\u003eIn addition to full time staff the company also out sources to and consequently supports just under 50 independent craftsmen working in the area.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"My family founded the company in 1880 but from the early 17th century they had been chemists selling medical supplies in central Nagoya. In 1880 they began cloisonne production and the business has been running ever since. We are now in our 130th year,\" says Juro.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe reason why this company has survived and with it generations of accumulated knowledge and skill, may lie in the company''s structure and management policy. \u003cbr/\u003eOf the 147 full time employees only 10 are actually craftsmen with an additional 3 designers. \u003cbr/\u003eThe majority of the employees work in sales and marketing. \u003cbr/\u003eSelection of the kind of items produced is also essential to the company''s strategy.  As Ando Juro explains, items produced are a compromise between extremely high quality work that engages all the craftsman''s skill and less labour intensive work with a comparatively high market return.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a business and as such we have to make a profit. We''re not working as volunteers. So we can''t simply make the kind of pieces that craftsmen want to make all the time. Sometimes we have to make items that the craftsmen themselves might think are questionable, but from the revenue generated by these items we are able to finance the kind of work that the craftsmen want to make. So doing we are able to preserve the traditional industry. I think you have to do this,\" he says. \u003cbr/\u003eThrough maintaining this balance it appears that a craft that has been relegated to museum status in other parts of the country is still thriving.  \u003cbr/\u003eClients are reminded: \u003cbr/\u003e(i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com. \u003cbr/\u003e(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service \u003cbr/\u003e(iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television  \u003cbr/\u003eThe Namikawa Cloisonne Museum of Kyoto, 16th September 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Close up of vase in Namikawa collection. \u003cbr/\u003e2. Zoom out of vase in Namikawa collection. \u003cbr/\u003e3. Various of garden in the museum, formally Namikawa Yasuyuki''s residence and studio. \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mutoh Yukari Curator of the Namikawa Cloisonn� Museum of Kyoto:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Shippo Yaki (Japanese Cloisonne) is a decorative enamel ware in which glass enamel is fired onto a metal base.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Zoom in on still photograph of Namikawa Yasuyuki''s workshop, late 19th century.  \u003cbr/\u003e6. Still photograph of Namikawa Yasuyuki. \u003cbr/\u003e7. Still photograph of craftsman in the Namikawa workshop drawing an outline on a vase. \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mutoh Yukari, Curator of the Namikawa Cloisonn� Museum of Kyoto: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Following the pattern drawn onto the metal base of the work, craftsmen apply thin wires. Enamel is painted onto these cells that create divisions preventing the colours from merging. The work is fired in kilns after the enamel has been applied and this technique is known as Yussen Shippo.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten, Workshop, Shippo district, Aichi prefecture 7th October 2009. \u003cbr/\u003e9. (Foreground.) Close up of a vase with a silver base made by using the Yussen Shippo technique. (Background) vase of the same design in the wiring stage of the process.  \u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up of craftsman. \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close up of silver wires used to create the cells into which the enamel is applied.  \u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of craftsman gluing and applying wire cells along the outline drawn onto the silver base of the vase.  \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eThe Namikawa Cloisonn� Museum of Kyoto, 16th September 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Mutoh Yukari, Curator of the Namikawa Cloisonn� Museum of Kyoto: \u003cbr/\u003e\"In Japan the cloisonne industry has almost disappeared. Kyoto Shippo (cloisonne) that flourished during the late 19th and early 20th century has been lost. The only area where the craft is still being practiced is the Shippo district in Aichi Prefecture.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten Museum, Nagoya 7th October 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e14. Still photograph of the founder of the Ando Shippo Ten company Ando Jubei \u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of work in the company museum collection.  \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten Workshop, Shippo district, Aichi prefecture 7th October 2009. \u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of apprentice craftsman at work. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten Museum, Nagoya 7th October 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Ando Juro 4th generation CEO of the Ando Shippo Ten Company:\u003cbr/\u003e\"My family founded the company in 1880 but from the early 17th century they had been chemists selling medical supplies in central Nagoya. In 1880 they began cloisonne production and the business has been running ever since. We are now in our 130th year.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten Workshop, Shippo district, Aichi prefecture 7th October 2009. \u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of apprentice craftsman applying enamel paste onto vase. \u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of craftsman working at the kiln. \u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of craftsman grinding and polishing a piece near completion.  \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Company shop, Nagoya 7th October 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e21. Pan of a range of relatively cheap items on display in shop. Vases at end of pan are sold at around $300 per piece. \u003cbr/\u003eAndo Shippo Ten Museum, Nagoya 7th October 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Ando Juro 4th generation CEO of the Ando Shippo Ten Company:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a business and as such we have to make a profit. We''re not working as volunteers. So we can''t simply make the kind of pieces that craftsmen want to make all the time. Sometimes we have to make items that the craftsmen themselves might think are questionable, but from the revenue generated by these items we are able to finance the kind of work that the craftsmen want to make. So doing we are able to preserve the traditional industry. I think you have to do this.\" \u003cbr/\u003e23. Pattern, pots of powdered enamel and a high quality finished work that with a retail value of around $3,500.  \u003cbr/\u003e24. 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