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 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.