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Hard labor, osaka-style
A pair of prisoners at Osaka Prison work on their latest piece of Sakai carpetmaking, portraying kimono-clad customers at a sword shop in the Tokugawa Shogunate, at the prison in Osaka, western Japan in March. Across Japan, traditional craftsmen are struggling to find young people willing to carry on their arts. But the centuries-old legacy of Sakai carpetmaking has found a pool of talent not likely to dry up for quite some time: prisoners.
PHOTO: AP
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