{"id":112102,"date":"2025-08-02T04:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112102\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T04:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:51:12","slug":"how-ai-could-help-keep-nishijin-ori-ancient-japanese-kimono-weaving-art-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112102\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI could help keep Nishijin-ori, ancient Japanese kimono weaving art, alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Nishijin-ori, the intricate weaving technique for kimonos that dates back more than 1,000 years in Japan\u2019s ancient capital of Kyoto, is getting a hi-tech collaborator: artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The colourful weaving style \u2013 named after Kyoto\u2019s Nishijin district \u2013 has gone through its share of ups and downs, but its survival is more perilous than ever today, as demand for kimonos nosedives among Japanese grappling with modernisation.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hironori Fukuoka, the fourth-generation successor to his Nishijin-ori business, is determined to keep it alive, even if that means turning to AI.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI\u2019ve been pondering how the art of Nishijin-ori can stay relevant to the needs of today,\u201d he said in his shop in Nishijin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hironori Fukuoka is the fourth-generation owner of Fukuoka Weaving, in Kyoto, Japan. He is looking at using AI to help with designs for kimono fabric. Photo: AP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/28e173df-0e12-4f91-b9fa-e91ed5984363_32afda76.jpg\" title=\"Hironori Fukuoka is the fourth-generation owner of Fukuoka Weaving, in Kyoto, Japan. He is looking at using AI to help with designs for kimono fabric. Photo: AP\"\/>Hironori Fukuoka is the fourth-generation owner of Fukuoka Weaving, in Kyoto, Japan. He is looking at using AI to help with designs for kimono fabric. Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Besides the AI project, Fukuoka is also working on using his weaving technique to make durable materials for fishing rods and aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nishijin-ori, the intricate weaving technique for kimonos that dates back more than 1,000 years in Japan\u2019s ancient capital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,116,70939,70937,170,35849,70936,70938,64777,70940,70942,70941,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-112102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-finland","11":"tag-fukuoka-weaving","12":"tag-hironori-fukuoka","13":"tag-japan","14":"tag-japanese","15":"tag-jun-rekimoto","16":"tag-kimonos","17":"tag-kyoto","18":"tag-nishijin-district","19":"tag-nishijin-ori","20":"tag-sony-csl","21":"tag-technology","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114957378026813221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}