Atsushi Ogura

1946 -
  • Textiles
  • Price Range $32,000 - 53,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 6

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    • Category
      Textiles
    • Techniques
      Shibori tie-resist dyeing
    • Born
      1946 -
    • Based in
      Kyoto
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kyoto for "shiborizome (tie-dye)"
    Atsushi Ogura

    Style

    Shibori (tie-dye) is dyeing colors and white separately. The shiborizome technique has been used in Japan for more than one thousand several hundred years. The colored parts make the white stand out brightly, while the white parts make the colors stand out beautifully. The white parts are not simply just non-dyed parts. The colors and the white resonate with each other and with the patterns and become a beautiful piece of art.
    I use the shiborizome techniques in all of my kimonos.

    Biography

    • 1946
      Born in Kyoto
    • 1975
      Selected for the first time for the 22nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 1984
      Submitted to "6 Japanese Artists Exhibition" sponsered by Kyoto Prefecture
      Reproduced Tokugawa Ieyasu's kimono "Kikko Kasane Tsuji ga Hana" in possession of the Kunitomo family, with Prof. Tsuneo Yoshioka for NHK
    • 1986
      Solo Exhibition "Shibori - Metamorphosis" at Takamiya Gallery (Osaka)
      Solo Exhibition "Shibori - Metamorphosis 2" at Sembikiya Gallery (Tokyo)
    • 1988
      Reproduced Tokugawa Ieyasu's kimono "Aoimon Chirashi Tsuji ga Hana" and "Yariume Moyo Tsuji ga Hana", in possession of the Tokugawa Art Museum for NHK
    • 1989
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
      "Beauty from the East" Exhibition held by the Sengiren (Association of Dyeing Professionals) at Gallery AT, Paris
    • 1991
      Solo Exhibtiion "Sights of Sumi Gray" at Akasaka Yu Gallery, Tokyo
    • 1993
      Solo Exhibtiion "The Four Seasons. Colors" at Akasaka Yu Gallery, Tokyo
      Reproduced Azai Nagamasa's wife Ichi's kimono from pictorial material "Dankawari Katasuso Moyo Tsuji ga Hana "under the guidance of Prof. Ken Kirihata (Sengiren)
    • 1996
      Solo Exhibition "Noble Life That Colors Your Being" at Akasaka Yu Gallery, Tokyo
    • 1998
      Received the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
      Restored the damaged parts of the kimono "Fujidana ni Kikko Tsunagi Tsuji ga Hana", in possession of Kyoto National Museum (Sengiren) for Kyoto National Museum
    • 2001
      Japanese Shibori Exhibition of the Ogura family at Reichs Museum, Mannheim, Germany
    • 2004
      Reproduced Tokugawa Ieyasu's haori "Nami ni Usagi Tsuji ga Hana", in possession of Tokugawa Art Museum for CBC TV (Sengiren)
    • 2005
      Reproduced Toufukumonnin's kimono "Tatsunami Amime ni Hanamaru Moyo" under the guidance of Prof. Kawakami Shigeki for Kanseigakuin University (Sengiren)
    • 2006
      Restored damaged parts of "Tabanenoshi Moyo Furisode" (Important Cultural Property) under the guidance of researcher Ms. Yamakawa Aki for Kyoto National Museum (Sengiren)
    • 2007
      Appeared on NHK TV Program "Bi no Tsubo" File 71 "Shiborizome"
    • 2008
      Solo Exhibition "Listening to the Rain, Telling the Sun" at Ginza Yokyo Hall, Tokyo
    • 2009
      Reproduced Tokugawa Ieyasu's Chojimon kimono (Important Cultural Property) under the guidance of Prof. Kawakami Shigeki for Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Center, Ooda City(Sengiren)
    • 2010
      Solo Exhibition "The Smashing art of Koukechi (old name of tie-dyeing)" at Takamiya Gallery, Osaka
    • 2019
      Designated as Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kyoto for "Shiborizome"

    Awards

    • 1981
      Received the Top Honor Award at the 2nd All Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition for the Young
    • 1993
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 30th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 1997
      Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the 34th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2003
      Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the 32nd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2005
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Chairman Award at the 39th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2009
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 43rd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2015
      Received the MEXT Award at the 49th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2018
      Received the MEXT Award at the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2020
      Received the MEXT Award at the 54th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Public Collections

    • Original artwork: Agency for Cultural Affairs
    • Restored works: The Tokugawa Art Museum, Iwami Ginzan World Heritage Center, Kyoto National Museum

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