Master Dyer and Restorer · Kyoto · 55+ years

A master whose parallel career as a restorer

has taken him inside some of Japan's

most protected cultural properties —

National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties

across the country,

works in the Nara National Museum,

and in 2022, the Seiryoden

of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

He holds the designation Kyono Meikou 京の名工 —

Master Craftsman of Kyoto.

The dyes and finishes in the works held by the V&A

could not have been achieved

by any other living dyer.

His techniques are inseparable

from the shikkai's vision —

one conceives, the other realizes.

Neither works without the other.