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Bunkyo Gakuin University Kawagoe Laboratory's Traditional Craft Revitalization Project Featured in High School "Public" Textbook with 100,000 Copies Published Nationwide

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Bunkyo Gakuin University's Kawagoe Laboratory's project to revitalize traditional crafts has been featured as educational material in Jikkyo Shuppan's high school "Public" textbook, "2026 Zoom Up Public Materials Revised Edition," which has a circulation of 100,000 copies. The project addresses the shortage of artisans for "Edo Komon," a nationally important intangible cultural property, by having students extract design theories from historical patterns and develop intuitive tools for artisans. The integration of advanced technology and tradition in prototype development was highly praised.

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Q: Which high school textbook featured the traditional craft revitalization project by Bunkyo Gakuin University?
A: The project was featured in the textbook titled 2026 Zoom Up Public Materials Revised Edition published by Jikkyo Shuppan Co., Ltd.
Q: Who is the president of Bunkyo Gakuin University and who leads the featured project?
A: The president of the university is Tsutomu Fukui, and the project is led by Professor Hitoshi Kawagoe.
Q: What is the national important intangible cultural property mentioned as having a shortage of artisans?
A: The national important intangible cultural property facing a shortage of artisans is Edo Komon.
Q: How many copies of the featured high school Public textbook have been published nationwide?
A: A total of one hundred thousand copies of the textbook have been published and circulated nationwide.
Q: What does the Kawagoe Laboratory plan to do in the future regarding support technologies for artisans?
A: The laboratory plans to further deepen research into support technologies for artisans utilizing generative AI-related technologies.