Japanese Household Altar Restoration [Buddhism & Waste 1/4]

The first video in the Buddhism & Waste series with Tsuzuki Kazuaki, a Japanese artist and restorer of Buddhist household altars.
Suggested reading:
Brox, Trine and Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (eds. 2022): Buddhism and Waste: The Excess, Discard, and Afterlife of Buddhist Consumption. Bloomsbury.
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Gould, Hannah (2019): “Caring for Sacred Waste: The Disposal of Butsudan (Buddhist altars) in Contemporary Japan.” Japanese Religions 43/1-2: 197-220.
Kolata, Paulina (2022): "Heritage out of Control: Buddhist Material Excess in Depopulating Japan." Allegralab (February 2022).
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Nelson, John (2008): “Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist “Ancestor Worship” with Home Décor and Consumer Choice.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 35/2: 305-330.
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[@camivetteg]

They are so expensive to get in the US, they should restore and ship them overseas

[@ratobiajin]

感動しました

[@suzannetol]

This was a interesting video. We don't really stop and think about what might happen to objects like home shrines after people are done with them. It really is a waste seeing beautiful piece of art like these go to waste. I'll be watching the other part in this series as well and I have subscribed. I'll be interested to see what more interesting videos you'll create in the future.

[@TimGraf]

Thank you so much!

[@tomowoodland]

How can I get in touch with Tsuzuki Kazuaki? He has Instagram or other social media?