Abstract
In recent years, there has been a phenomenon of the revival of unique traditional crafts handed down in local
communities. In this study, we adopt a narrative approach to developing a new product of traditional crafts by
examining skills that once ceased to exist, but have been revived. Three individuals involved in the revival of
glass art in each region were asked to collaborate on this research. Life–story interviews were conducted with each
collaborator. The results showed two things: first, the acquiring of inheritance literacy, where the parties involved
in the revival increase their inheritance literacy through mastery of the relevant skills and internal dialog with the
preceding generation. Second, creating a new product is viewed from the perspective of narrative identity. The
creator produces a new traditional craft by mediating their own experience between the recipient and the previous
generation. In the process, it is shown that the narrative identity of the product is reconstructed in an alternative
way.
