Journal · 2026
Seven carved transoms made by Sōun Taniguchi in 1981 for a restaurant in Kanazawa, now being donated to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida.
Landscape Including Neagari-no-Matsu, front. Sōun Taniguchi, 1981.
Read the storyPoiesis and the craftsmen of Inami in the press, beginning with the Japanese newspapers that followed our founder’s first research visit to Inami in January 2024.
2024
Toyama Shimbun
20 January 2024
Sharing Inami woodcarving with the United States
Reports on Karim Thalji’s research in Inami as a Princeton University student: his meetings with the town’s carvers, his study of how the craft is passed on, and his plan for a touring exhibition in the United States.
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Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun
20 January 2024
Inami woodcarving, to the world
Profiles the American university student who came to Inami to study its woodcarving, and his dream of a touring exhibition in the United States.
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Kitanippon Shimbun
20 January 2024
Sharing Inami woodcarving with the world
Reports that Karim Thalji, then studying Japanese art history at Princeton University, was staying in Inami to research the craft, drawn by its intricate beauty, and records his hope that many more people will come to know Inami woodcarving, and that this will lead to support for carrying the culture forward.
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Nikkei Glocal, magazine
1 July 2024
Foreign interest in Inami woodcarving
Part of a feature on tourism in Japan’s regions: Karim Thalji’s week in Inami meeting more than ten carvers, his plan for an exhibition in the United States, and a young German who became a carver’s apprentice.
Read the clipping2025
Nikkei, online edition
24 August 2025
Inami named among the world’s fifty quiet places
On Inami’s selection by Condé Nast Traveler, the welcome its carvers and residents give visiting tour groups, and the Princeton symposium and U.S. touring exhibition planned for that autumn.
Read online (Japanese)2026
Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun
15 January 2026
The possibilities of Inami carving, felt in America
Nambu Hakuun III and Katsuhiko Nakajima report the results of the U.S. tour to the mayor of Nanto, and what it will take to secure steady work for the next generation of carvers.
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Toyama Shimbun
15 January 2026
Promoting Inami woodcarving in the Middle East
After the U.S. tour, Karim Thalji proposes taking Inami woodcarving to the Middle East, and describes Poiesis, its website and commissions.
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Yomiuri Shimbun
15 January 2026
A promising response to the U.S. tour
The carvers report to the mayor of Nanto on the tour of seven cities and ten venues, and on the response to live carving and to the apprenticeship behind it.
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Kyodo News
14 February 2026
Taking Inami woodcarving to America
Kyodo’s report on the tour of seven cities and ten venues, the demand it found abroad for carving made by hand to order, and the Princeton student who started it.
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Toyama Shimbun
19 September 2026
Inami ranma cross the sea
On the gift of seven ranma, made for a former Kanazawa restaurant, to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Florida, after the signing in Inami the day before.
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Kitanippon Shimbun
19 September 2026
Seven large ranma for an American museum
On the Inami Woodcarvers Cooperative’s donation of seven large ranma by Sōun Taniguchi to Morikami, and its hopes for new markets abroad.
Read online (Japanese)For press inquiries, interviews and images, please get in touch.
Contact Poiesis
Journal · 2026
Seven carved transoms made by Sōun Taniguchi in 1981 for a restaurant in Kanazawa, now being donated to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida.
Landscape Including Neagari-no-Matsu, front. Sōun Taniguchi, 1981.
Read the storyPoiesis and the craftsmen of Inami in the press, beginning with the Japanese newspapers that followed our founder’s first research visit to Inami in January 2024.
2024
Toyama Shimbun
20 January 2024
Sharing Inami woodcarving with the United States
Reports on Karim Thalji’s research in Inami as a Princeton University student: his meetings with the town’s carvers, his study of how the craft is passed on, and his plan for a touring exhibition in the United States.
Read the clippingHokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun
20 January 2024
Inami woodcarving, to the world
Profiles the American university student who came to Inami to study its woodcarving, and his dream of a touring exhibition in the United States.
Read online (Japanese)Kitanippon Shimbun
20 January 2024
Sharing Inami woodcarving with the world
Reports that Karim Thalji, then studying Japanese art history at Princeton University, was staying in Inami to research the craft, drawn by its intricate beauty, and records his hope that many more people will come to know Inami woodcarving, and that this will lead to support for carrying the culture forward.
Read the clippingNikkei Glocal, magazine
1 July 2024
Foreign interest in Inami woodcarving
Part of a feature on tourism in Japan’s regions: Karim Thalji’s week in Inami meeting more than ten carvers, his plan for an exhibition in the United States, and a young German who became a carver’s apprentice.
Read the clipping2025
Nikkei, online edition
24 August 2025
Inami named among the world’s fifty quiet places
On Inami’s selection by Condé Nast Traveler, the welcome its carvers and residents give visiting tour groups, and the Princeton symposium and U.S. touring exhibition planned for that autumn.
Read online (Japanese)2026
Hokuriku Chūnichi Shimbun
15 January 2026
The possibilities of Inami carving, felt in America
Nambu Hakuun III and Katsuhiko Nakajima report the results of the U.S. tour to the mayor of Nanto, and what it will take to secure steady work for the next generation of carvers.
Read the clippingToyama Shimbun
15 January 2026
Promoting Inami woodcarving in the Middle East
After the U.S. tour, Karim Thalji proposes taking Inami woodcarving to the Middle East, and describes Poiesis, its website and commissions.
Read the clippingYomiuri Shimbun
15 January 2026
A promising response to the U.S. tour
The carvers report to the mayor of Nanto on the tour of seven cities and ten venues, and on the response to live carving and to the apprenticeship behind it.
Read the clippingKyodo News
14 February 2026
Taking Inami woodcarving to America
Kyodo’s report on the tour of seven cities and ten venues, the demand it found abroad for carving made by hand to order, and the Princeton student who started it.
Read online (Japanese)Toyama Shimbun
19 September 2026
Inami ranma cross the sea
On the gift of seven ranma, made for a former Kanazawa restaurant, to Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Florida, after the signing in Inami the day before.
Read online (Japanese)Kitanippon Shimbun
19 September 2026
Seven large ranma for an American museum
On the Inami Woodcarvers Cooperative’s donation of seven large ranma by Sōun Taniguchi to Morikami, and its hopes for new markets abroad.
Read online (Japanese)For press inquiries, interviews and images, please get in touch.
Contact Poiesis
