Kotaro Omura
- Textiles
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Price Range
$3,000 - 14,000
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- CategoryTextiles
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TechniquesYūzen dyeing
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Born1976 -
- Based inShiga
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association

Biography
- 1976Born in Shiga Prefecture
- 1997Graduated from Kyoto Saga Art College, Faculty of Environmental Design
Studied under Akeshi Kihara and Kihachiro Yoshida - 2004Started producing kimonos under his father Teiichi Omura
- 2013Succeeded the Omura Kobo (studio)
- 2010Selected for the 44th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2011Selected for the 45th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Invited to submit to the Itohen Special Exhibition at Kyoto Sangyo Kaikan - 2012Selected for the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2014Selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2015Selected for the 49th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2017Selected for the 51st Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2018Selected for the 52nd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2020Selected for the 49th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Selected for the 54th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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.
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.
Awards
- 2007Received the New Artist Incentive Award at the 36th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for Formal Kimono with Design in Yūzen Dyeing "Voice of a Feeling"
- 2019Received the MEXT Award at the 53rd Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for Formal Kimono with Design in Yūzen Dyeing "School of Fish"
Atelier
Omura Kobo
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Address117-14 Okitayamaharadaniinuicho, Kyoto Kita-ku, Kyoto MapOpen in new window
- Phone075-462-2580
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