Kenji Nakai
- Textiles
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- Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 1
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- CategoryTextiles
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TechniquesYūzen dyeing
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Born1950 -
- Based inKyoto
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Traditional Craftsman designated by the Traditional Crafts Industry Promotion Association Foundation
Designated as Master Craftsman of Kyoto

Biography
- 1950Born in Kyoto
- 1965Studies dyeing under his father, Kyoto Yuzen Master Takejiro Nakai
- 1966Studies under Japanese-style painting under Japanese-style painter Beian Satomi
- 1982Qualified to submit to the Traditional Craft Technique Competition without submitting to the selecting committee
- 1986Becomes Director of Kyoto Shinsai Kogei Cooperative Association (– 2003)
- 1994Designated as Traditional Craftsman of Traditional Crafts specified by the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry
- 1996Yuzen semi-formal kimono "Seiin" purchased by Kyoto City
- 1999Supervisor of Kyo-yuzen Kyodoukumiai Rengoukai and Traditional Craftsmen Association (– 2001)
- 2006Supervisor of Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Association (– 2013)
- 2008Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
- 2013Qualified to submit to the Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition without submitting to the selecting committee
- 2015Designated as Yuzen Dyeing Master Craftsman of Kyoto
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.
Awards
- 1977Received the Excellence Award at the 4th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
- 1978Received the Excellence Award at the 5th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
- 1980Received the Excellence Award at the 7th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
- 1981Received an Honorable Mention at the 8th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition
Received an Honorable Mention at the 9th Kyoto Traditional Craft Technique Competition - 2004Received the Governor Award at the 27th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
- 2006Received the MEXT Award at the 29th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
- 2008Received the Governor Award at the 31st Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
- 2009Received the Governor Award at the 32nd Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
- 2010Received 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 - 2011Received the Governor Award at the 34th Japan Dyeing and Weaving Designers’ Exhibition
- 2012Received 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 - 2016Received the Kansai Bureau of Economy,Trade and Industry Director-General Award at the 21st Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition
- 2021Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 26th Kyoto Tegaki Yuzen Art Exhibition