Osamu Sakai

1943 -
  • Textiles
  • Price Range $11,000 - 29,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 3

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    • Category
      Textiles
    • Techniques
      Yūzen dyeing
    • Born
      1943 -
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Kyoto for "Yuzen"
    Osamu Sakai

    Style

    I try to express the wind, light and air that I feel seeing the plants and flowers of the different seasons. I make patterns from these scenes and use them to design my kimonos. I try to make kimonos with expressions and designs that stand out when they are worn in the modern world we live in today.

    Biography

    • 1943
      Born in Kyoto
    • 1961
      Becomes an apprentice to dyeing artist Kako Moriguchi
    • 1972
      Becomes independent
    • 1981
      Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
    • 1985
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
    • 1994
      Designated as Traditional Craftsman by the Traditional Crafts Industry Promotion Association Foundation
    • 2006
      Awarded as Master Craftsman of Kyoto
    • 2009
      Received the Award for Person of Merits in the Traditional Crafts Industry
    • 2011
      Designated as Intangible Cultural Property of Kyoto

    Awards

    • Received the Excellence Award at the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition
      Received an Honorable Mention at the New Artists' Textiles Exhibition
      Received the Commissoner for Cultural Affairs Award at the Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Kinki Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Received the Japan Kogei Association Incentive Award ar the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      etc.

    Public Collections

    • The Museum of Kyoto
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