Kotaro Omura

1976 -
  • Textiles
  • Awarded 3 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $3,500 - 13,000
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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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