Kenji Nakai

1950 -
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 1

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    • Category
      Textiles
    • Techniques
      Yūzen dyeing
    • Born
      1950 -
    • Based in
      Kyoto
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Traditional Craftsman designated by the Traditional Crafts Industry Promotion Association Foundation
      Designated as Master Craftsman of Kyoto
    Kenji Nakai

    Style

    Mainly using the Itome Hon Yuzen technique (a glue resist dyeing technique used to dye patterns) to express the changes of the four seasons and the scenes of nature that change by the minute like the wind and the light delicately and sometimes dynamically.

    Biography

    • 1950
      Born in Kyoto
    • 1965
      Studies dyeing under his father, Kyoto Yuzen Master Takejiro Nakai
    • 1966
      Studies under Japanese-style painting under Japanese-style painter Beian Satomi
    • 1982
      Qualified to submit to the Traditional Craft Technique Competition without submitting to the selecting committee
    • 1986
      Becomes Director of Kyoto Shinsai Kogei Cooperative Association (– 2003)
    • 1994
      Designated as Traditional Craftsman of Traditional Crafts specified by the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry
    • 1996
      Yuzen semi-formal kimono "Seiin" purchased by Kyoto City
    • 1999
      Supervisor of Kyo-yuzen Kyodoukumiai Rengoukai and Traditional Craftsmen Association (– 2001)
    • 2006
      Supervisor of Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Association (– 2013)
    • 2008
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
    • 2013
      Qualified to submit to the Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition without submitting to the selecting committee
    • 2015
      Designated as Yuzen Dyeing Master Craftsman of Kyoto

    Awards

    • 1977
      Received the Excellence Award at the 4th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
    • 1978
      Received the Excellence Award at the 5th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
    • 1980
      Received the Excellence Award at the 7th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
    • 1981
      Received an Honorable Mention at the 8th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
      Received an Honorable Mention at the 9th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
    • 2004
      Received the Governor Award at the 27th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2006
      Received the MEXT Award at the 29th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2008
      Received the Governor Award at the 31st Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2009
      Received the Governor Award at the 32nd Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2010
      Received the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General Award at the 15th Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition
      Received the MEXT Award at the 33rd Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2011
      Received the Governor Award at the 34th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
    • 2012
      Received the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General Award at the 17th Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition
      Received the MEXT Award at the 35th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
      Received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2016
      Received the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General Award at the 21st Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition
    • 2021
      Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 26th Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition

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