Fold a paper plate in half and decorate one side by sticking round yellow and red paper circles across its surface. Then, cut out the snake's head from red paper, add eyes and a paper tongue, and ...

"It took many years before I could cut as skillfully as my teachers. When I was finally able to do it, it felt like a deep connection to the past," Yu says. In 2006, Ansai paper-cutting was recognized ...