The Aizome Tie-Dyes of Motohiko Katano x Kahori's Work

Toyota City Folk Crafts Museum

Finished

Artists

Motohiko Katano et al.

Motohiko Katano (1899-1975), known as the leader of Aizome Shibori, was born in Nagoya and studied under the painter Ryusei Kishida as a young man, aspiring to become a Western-style painter. After Kishida's sudden death, he began to study dyeing, and at the age of 57, Muneyoshi Yanagi (1889-1961), founder of the Japan Folk Art Museum, asked him to revive the shibori business in Narumi, Arimatsu, where it was produced. Since then, until his death at the age of 76, he worked as a "shiborizome craftsman" to produce tie-dyed kimonos and clothing using natural indigo and other vegetable dyes, as well as curtains, decorative fabrics, and other fabrics used in daily life.

In addition to Motohiko Katano's tie-dye works, this exhibition also features works by his eldest daughter, Kahori (1932-2016), a tie-dye artist who devotedly supported her father's work and continued to work diligently even after his death, as well as related materials such as letters and photographs of Motohiko Katano and Kahori taken by photographer Takumi Fujimoto, who was a close friend of the artist. In addition, calligraphy by Katojiro Kawai and work by Kahori from the new collection of the Japan Folk Art Museum will be exhibited for the first time.

[Events]
1. Commemorative Lecture "About Motohiko Katano and Kahori"
Date: Saturday, October 22, 14:00-15:30
Lecturer: Takumi Fujimoto (photographer)
Venue: No.3 Mingeikan
Admission: Free (present a ticket for the exhibition)
Capacity: 30 people (advance reservations required)

2. Gallery Talk (explanation of the exhibition by the curator)
Date: Sunday, November 6, 14:00 - 1 hour
Gathering: 1st Folk Art Gallery
Admission: Free (show admission ticket on the day of talk)
Capacity: 15 people on a first-come basis (no advance reservation required)

3. Indigo-dyeing Workshop
Date: Saturday, October 29, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Description: Handkerchiefs made of cotton are sewn together and dyed with indigo.
Fee: 3,500 yen
Capacity: 12 people from 5th-grade elementary school students and up (advance reservations required)
Please check the official website for event details and how to register.

Schedule

Sep 13 (Tue) 2022-Dec 4 (Sun) 2022