Loss of Craftsmen in Japan too
Here is an article in Washington Post about the decline of their "craft market", Twilight for the Kimono Weavers.
A gentleman in the article brings up the sin of preciousness. I wonder if this is not a sin that we have overindulged in too. Do we make objects that are more fit for museums than comtempory life style, just as a Yamaguchi kimono has.