Traditional Japanese Tenkara: The Last Shokuryoshi
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2020
- Learn more in the article: www.discovertenkara.com/japan...
This is the real-deal, tenkara as it was developed to feed mountain villagers and travellers who stayed in the inns in remote regions. The video features tenkara practices that date back at least 300 years (and probably much longer). The only difference is Yamada-san's clothing and the replacement of his father's bamboo rod with one made from graphite. The casting line he uses is hand-furled horsehair and the fly is an adaptation of his father's pattern - tied in the hand (without the use of a fly tying vise).
Kazuyuki Yamada-san inherited his guest house "Yuzanso" from his father Shigeo. It sits in the shadow of Mount Naeba, part of the remote hamlet of Akiyamago - a settlement that is scattered along the remote Nakatsugawa river valley on the border between Niigata and Nagano.
Shigeo Yamada was the most renowned "Shokuryoushi" (professional/artisan/master tenkara angler: www.discovertenkara.com/shoku...) of the area. In the winter he also hunted bear according to the "matagi" tradition. His son, Kazuyuki (the angler and chef in this video) is the youngest inhabitant of Akiyamago. When he becomes too old to shovel the winter snow from the rooftops of his inn and the neighbouring houses, the village will disappear and become another of Japan's lost mountain settlements. This video is, therefore, a poignant snapshot in time of an ancient, but disappearing, way of life.
While we practice catch and release for our wild-fish angling (and continued to do so while staying with Yamada san), we also benefitted from Yamada-san's foraged wild plants, fungi and the white-spotted char (iwana) that he caught in this video. Recording this way of life - even as it is disappearing - felt like the appropriate and responsible action to take. In addition, just as Yamada-san and his family have kept a sustainable level of foraging in the forest over the generations, the fish populations that they have depended on have also been managed in this remote area.
That being said, the increase in interest in remote hiking, camping and different forms of fishing in the mountain rivers and streams of Japan now changes the impact of catch and kill fishing. Many rivers show unsustainable levels of over-fishing.
Interestingly, it is the modern tenkara anglers and fly fishers who are introducing and spreading the importance of catch and release fishing for wild fish in Japan.
1.42: Communion with Nature...SPLATT!!!
I could watch these Tenkara masters fish all day. Nicely done.
I love Tinkara fishing🙏
Frome Nepal🇳🇵
Thank you gentlemen for this. So beautiful and so many memories of that place.
You're very welcome Isaac. Hope we can catch up again sometime. Love to R and 'Dash, Paul :)
Marvelously done. Love the cinematography, editing. Exquisite choice and use of music. Love the willingness to let the story unfold without narrative to "explain" everything. The story as told in the description is nice without proselytizing or judgement. Superb example of mood and tone in a visual story. A winner, Sir. A winner.
Thank you so much Bob - delighted that you enjoyed it.
Excellent! So sensitively produced.
Amazing. Keep up the good work.
Thank you Chris, we both really appreciate that :)
Superbly done - Camera work, editing, choice of music, unobtrusive and gentle story-telling. I agree, if I needed an example of Tenkara in Japan, (and as our original and deep spiritual inspiration here) I would use this video. Fishing Tech note: Please note his ease of casting and rod action under quite windy conditions.
Video stupendo, è questa l'essenza della Tenkara...complimenti
new guy says cool !! from Alaska usa
That was simple and beautiful. Well done.
Thank you so much Richard.
@@DiscoverTenkara Read the link about the video . That's a good read .
Beautiful 😍
Thank you Carlos, I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing 👏
From now on when someone asks me "what is tenkara" I'll show them this video.
秋山郷の素晴らしい点は、持続可能な漁業を続ける為に種沢を守り繁殖場所を保護した事です。収奪ではなく収穫です。
"O tsudzukeru tame ni Tanezawa o mamori hanshoku-ba" - kore wa ichiban taisetsu desune. Yorishiku onegaishimasu ^-^
@@DiscoverTenkara Yes ! 「職漁師が居る川は生きている」in Japanese "The river where the fisherman lives is alive"
what kind of casting stroke was that ! Does he have a real short line?
No, not a short line - He has 6 metres of horshair casting line and then just under a metre of tippet on a 4-m rod.
Hallo wieso nimmt der Fischer so ein kleinen Fisch mit ? Wird die Art der Salmonieden nicht größer oder welchen Hintergrund hat das? Bei uns darf man Forellen erst ab 30cm entnehmen
Sie haben die Größe, die mit dieser Bachumgebung im Gleichgewicht ist (und sie reifen in jungen Jahren, ähnlich wie Bachforellen, mit denen sie eng verwandt sind).
Größere Größenbeschränkungen funktionieren nur bei Fischarten, die die Fortpflanzung verzögern, bis sie 3, 4 oder mehr Jahre alt sind.
Heutzutage ist die Lebensweise der "Shokuryoshi" (professioneller Fliegenfischer) fast ausgestorben. Jetzt führen "Sport"-Tenkara-Angler einen Kulturwandel hin zum Catch-and-Release (No-Kill)-Fischen.
Schöne Grüße,
Paul
Места красивые и рыбалка класс.👍👍👍
Спасибо я рада что тебе понравилось Paul
deep fry the little boogers, thats a smart idea. when i learned to kill things as a kid it fuelled me to be llarger, stronger, faster than yer average 🇬🇧of that time. much of my muscle and fitnes came from catching fish but away from the coast that meant trout. sadly on coming to 🇺🇸 ive found american trout are a little wanting in flavour- i little too much of the mud taste. a little light coating of various flours n the a good ol' shallow deep fry might do wonders for the same of trout. of course all the 🇬🇧 trout i caught were all born in the cool, fresh water i illegally oicked them out of- blame my grandad, he gave me his handline when he could no longer run from the water bailif.