In the historic city of Sendai, often called the “City of Trees,” a rare and ancient craft is quietly preserved by the last remaining master craftsman, Takashi Kodake. His workshop, nestled in the Akiu Craft Village, is the final place in Japan where the art of Bogwood Crafts is practiced. This craft, known as Sendai Buried Woodwork, involves skillfully shaping Bogwood or Buried Wood—wood that was buried underground for over 5 million years. The unique material, with its beautiful dark brown grain, has been used in traditional Japanese woodworking for nearly 200 years.#Bogwood #BuriedWood #BuriedWoodwork
Mr. Kodake, now a seasoned Bogwood Craftsman with 57 years of experience, is revered for his amazing woodworking skills. He specializes in creating intricate designs, including animal motifs, using traditional woodworking tools and Japanese carving knives. His work, which elevates everyday objects to fine art, is a testament to the amazing woodworking traditions of Japan. As the Last Bogwood Craftsman, he has not only preserved the craft but also ensured its continuation by training an apprentice, Ayano Suzuki.
Suzuki, who was captivated by the allure of rare buried wood and Kodake’s mastery, now creates her original works under his guidance. Her journey from a literature major to a budding master craftsman in traditional woodworking showcases the deep respect for Japanese craftsmanship. The workshop’s efforts to sustain this ancient craft are documented in various woodworking videos and Japanese woodworking documentaries, highlighting the skillful woodworking techniques and the delicate balance between tradition and innovation.
As the world marvels at the traditional wood carving and carving techniques that define this ancient art, the future of Sendai Buried Woodwork rests in the hands of these dedicated master craftsmen who continue to honor the legacy of traditional Japanese woodworking.
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22 Comments
what a bulshit what 5 milion years old wood.milions years only ethernal tree evergreen tree and world tree none of them are on or planet!
1000 years old tree is hard like steel and basicly rock
Awful AI narrator, and bog-wood is at the most a few thousand years old, normally a few hundred years.
5 millions years = stone. Bogwood, which I have worked with, tends to be 1000-5000 years old. I absolutely love bogwood, it's amazing stuff.
Edit: Some info clarifying bogwood: Cabonization is a process within fossilization. Bogwood, also called morta, is from buried trees that are in an anaerobic environment which stops the usual cellular decay and instead preserves the wood while it slowly carbonizes. This only takes a few hundred to 5000 or so years and any further than that you get closer to stone and an actual fossil. Bogwood is NOT a fossil. You need good tools, but you can see in the video that it is still wood, and generates the usual curls when carved. Stone doesn't curl when you cut it.
This was AMAZING!!! Did anyone notice the unique SOUND IT MADE when it was being carved?!?! (you can hear it @ 2:10 ) I have NEVER heard anything like that!!! WOW!!! This is EXACTLY what I would want to experience when I visit Japan!!
The fact that this one of a kind craft is being kept alive by only ONE person is MINDBLOWIN… yet SAD.
– I wish there was a way to purchase some of these beautiful piece I saw… MAYBE this is something they are doing but on a local level…
THANK YOU for sharing this! Could you PLEASE CONTINUE to post videos just like these? I LOVE these short Japanese documentaries about craftsmen. They just have this miyabi to them that make me want to keep watching more 😉 Thanks again 😀
Beautiful craft, and brilliant techniques. Thankyou so much.
I'd like some of that in my scrap pile..
I worked with pieces of bog oak classified as 1000-4000 years old. Soft as butter and easy to work with. I was sceptical about the age but then got some logs pulled by local farmers (Ireland), same, just nowhere near being fossilised.
I have piece of oakbogwood that I dug up myself which is around 4000 years old or from the Neolithic era as some wood has been found nearby that has been worked with stone tools there s no way that it can be worked as it just crumbles to dust when dried to preserve it I have had to replace the water with paraffin wax and even then it’ss unworkable this sounds like pure marketing speech in order to inflate the prices as said before if it was that old it wood be coal now the oldest bog wood on record is 8290 years old and was found along the Danube
Sehr schön das der Meister jemanden gefunden hat der die Tradition weiterführen wird 😊
The articles made in this rare wood must be extremely expensive. The amount of time and effort put into each item is enormous! I thought that her spoon was perfect, and so did she, but the master could see a fault. And this is a student’s trial piece….after four years in apprenticeship!!!! Talk about perfectionism! …….The artisan’s shoulders must have a deep hole worn into them from all that exertion too! But I’d love to own just one piece . It is a beautiful craft❤️😊🦘🇦🇺
I want to marry miss Suzuki, what a woman
Spoon carving with material from another dimension. Beautiful work.
Grinding it into shape would be so incredibly much easier.
Regardless of the age, 1k, 5k, or 5 million years, the techniques, skills, design, and fossilized wood are inspirational.
is this read by an ai?
Cool video, Thank you! Very Informative!
"There is no other wood in the world as rare and exclusive as the Ancient Kauri Wood. For reasons that we do not know exactly, these trees were laid to rest in the swampy Northern part of New Zealand about 30,000-50,000 years ago."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_kauri
There is NO wood that is 5 million years old, it would be called coal , lignite or stone.
Looks like carving dark chocolate.
Megalith stone houses found made yesterday
buried wood 5 mill years old – coal. just coal.
10/10 wood nailer.