Osamu Sakai

• 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

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.

• 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.

• The Museum of Kyoto