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By Seira Unegochi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

14:03 JST, April 8, 2025

KYOTO — Noh mask carver Keiko Udaka is breathing new life into a block of wood from a 200-year-old Japanese cypress tree. In her quiet workshop in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, which also functions as a noh training hall, Udaka works alone and intently, hammering a chisel against the block, with no drawing out...

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