Kotaro Omura

1976 -
  • Textiles
  • Price Range $4,000 - 15,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 3

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    • Category
      Textiles
    • Techniques
      Yūzen dyeing
    • Born
      1976 -
    • Based in
      Shiga
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Kotaro Omura

    About the Artist

    Yuzen Techniques Handed Down from 3 Masters

    Kotaro Omura, a yuzen artist who received the MEXT Award at the 70th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition. After graduating from arts college, he learned traditional yuzen techniques such as "itome yuzen" and "rofubukizome", a dyeing technique to finish the textile as if some snow fell on it, from 3 yuzen artists, Akeshi Kihara, Kihachiro Yoshida and his father Teiichi Omura. He took over his father's studio in Kyoto in 2013, and has been producing textiles up to today. On producing his textiles, Omura takes design cues from sketches. Animals such as fish and birds, plants, and scenery incorporated into modern designs are the charm of his work.

    Style

    Using itome yuzen and a battick dyeing technique called ro fubuki zome where melted hot wax is sprayed onto the fabric before dyeing. I get hints for my designs from my sketches of nature.

    Biography

    • 1976
      Born in Shiga Prefecture
    • 1997
      Graduated from Kyoto Saga Art College, Faculty of Environmental Design
      Studied under Akeshi Kihara and Kihachiro Yoshida
    • 2004
      Started producing kimonos under his father Teiichi Omura
    • 2013
      Succeeded the Omura Kobo (studio)
    • 2010
      Selected for the 44th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2011
      Selected for the 45th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Invited to submit to the Itohen Special Exhibition at Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan
    • 2012
      Selected for the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2014
      Selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2015
      Selected for the 49th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2017
      Selected for the 51st Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2018
      Selected for the 52nd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    • 2020
      Selected for the 49th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
      Selected for the 54th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

    Awards

    • 2007
      Received the New Artist Incentive Award at the 36th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for Formal Kimono with Design in Yūzen Dyeing "Voice of a Feeling"
    • 2019
      Received the MEXT Award at the 53rd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for Formal Kimono with Design in Yūzen Dyeing "School of Fish"

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