Esthetic Ichika: Matsumoto

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Years later, when Ichika’s hands had learned new kinds of carefulness and her hair threaded with silver, a young apprentice arrived at the studio. The apprentice watched the motions of her work with reverent impatience and asked, immediately and plainly, “Why do you mend things the way you do?” Ichika considered the question, then led the apprentice to the low window where the street spread out like a river of people. “Because everything asks to be seen,” she said, “and because beauty is a promise we make back to the world.” Esthetic Ichika Matsumoto