Formal Kimono with Design in Rice Paste Resist Yūzen Dyeing "Afterglow"
Year.2011Masahiro Nakagawa
1950 -- Textiles
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Price Range
$6,000 - 14,000
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 3
In his production NAKAGAWA Masahiro adds his own approach to using the Japanese time-honored and traditional resist pastes, such as manori, makinori, shirozukenori, or icchinnori. Manori is the Japanese time-honored starch paste, which is known to have already existed in the Muromachi and Momoyama periods; this natural paste is highly resistant to dyeing (it is made by adding rice bran and salt to mochi rice flour, steaming, thoroughly kneading, and recooking; it is the base for makinori and shirozukenori). The production of textiles with the free use of different techniques requires considerable time, effort, and perseverance; however, by bringing out to the utmost the intrinsic brilliance of the silk, and uniting with the artist’s keen sensitivity, designs of great beauty and dignity are created. When I work on a kimono and obi sash, I use the traditional Japanese starch pastes to express the strong impressions that the changing seasons and the beauty of nature make on me. I generally work on my own, starting from sketching, selecting designs and fabrics, rough drawing, creating and applying resist paste, through to dyeing.
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CategoryTextiles
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Year of creation2011
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RarityUnique
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Selection
- The 54 th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2007)
- Selected