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The Story of Bashofu of Kijoka
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum Osaka
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Toshiko Taira
Bashofu is a textile woven in Okinawa that is made from the fiber of the Japanese banana tree, basho. It was Toshiko Taira (1921-2022) of Kijoka, Okinawa, who led the revival of bashofu, which had nearly ceased to exist during the war. Taira had visited Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture as a member of the women's volunteer corps, and when she was unable to return home for a while after the war, she was encouraged to learn weaving by Soichiro Ohara, then president of Kurashiki Spinning, who was a member of the Mingei movement. Together with her friends, Taira learned weaving from Kichinosuke Tonomura (the first director of the Kurashiki Mingeikan) and encountered "The Story of Bashofu" by Yanagi.
When Taira returned home, Ohara and Tonomura asked her to continue weaving bashofu in Okinawa, and she led the revival of bashofu with local women in postwar Kijoka, where “Kijoka’s bashofu" was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1974 and Toshiko Taira was designated a Living National Treasure in 2000. It is now highly regarded as one of Japan's representative handicrafts.
[Events]
1. Commemorative Lecture "Bashofu of Kijoka"
Lecturer: Mieko Taira (Chairperson of Kijoka Bashofu Preservation Society)
Date: October 15 (Sun) 14:00-15:30 (doors open at 13:30)
Venue: Seminar Room 5, National Museum of Ethnology (across from Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum)
Capacity: 90 (reservations required)
Admission: 300 yen
2. Special Gallery Talk
Lecturer: Mieko Taira (Chairperson of Kijoka Bashofu Preservation Society)
Date: September 8 (Sat), 17:00-18:00 (after regular opening hours)
Venue: Exhibition Room, Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum
Capacity: 50 people (reservation required)
Fee: 300 yen
3. Workshop: "Basho Ramie Making Experience"
Instructor: Mieko Taira and 1 other
Date: December 3 (Sun), 13:00 - 16:00 (doors open at 12:30)
Venue: Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum
Capacity: 20 people (reservation required)
Fee: 15,000 yen (including materials)
4. Hajimete no "Mingei" (Mingei for Beginners)-The Spread of the Mingei Movement and Mingeikan in Japan
Date: November 26 (Sun), 14:00-15:30 (doors open at 13:30)
Lecturer: Ayako Ono (Curator, Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum)
Venue: Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum, Conference Room
Capacity: 20 people (reservation required)
Admission: 300 yen
5. Gallery Talk
Dates: 9/16 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 10/21 (Sat), 29 (Sun), 11/12 (Sun), 18 (Sat), 12/9 (Sat), 17 (Sun)
Time: 14:00-14:30 for each session
*For details of the event and how to register, please visit the official website.
When Taira returned home, Ohara and Tonomura asked her to continue weaving bashofu in Okinawa, and she led the revival of bashofu with local women in postwar Kijoka, where “Kijoka’s bashofu" was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1974 and Toshiko Taira was designated a Living National Treasure in 2000. It is now highly regarded as one of Japan's representative handicrafts.
[Events]
1. Commemorative Lecture "Bashofu of Kijoka"
Lecturer: Mieko Taira (Chairperson of Kijoka Bashofu Preservation Society)
Date: October 15 (Sun) 14:00-15:30 (doors open at 13:30)
Venue: Seminar Room 5, National Museum of Ethnology (across from Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum)
Capacity: 90 (reservations required)
Admission: 300 yen
2. Special Gallery Talk
Lecturer: Mieko Taira (Chairperson of Kijoka Bashofu Preservation Society)
Date: September 8 (Sat), 17:00-18:00 (after regular opening hours)
Venue: Exhibition Room, Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum
Capacity: 50 people (reservation required)
Fee: 300 yen
3. Workshop: "Basho Ramie Making Experience"
Instructor: Mieko Taira and 1 other
Date: December 3 (Sun), 13:00 - 16:00 (doors open at 12:30)
Venue: Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum
Capacity: 20 people (reservation required)
Fee: 15,000 yen (including materials)
4. Hajimete no "Mingei" (Mingei for Beginners)-The Spread of the Mingei Movement and Mingeikan in Japan
Date: November 26 (Sun), 14:00-15:30 (doors open at 13:30)
Lecturer: Ayako Ono (Curator, Osaka Japan Folk Crafts Museum)
Venue: Osaka Nippon Folk Crafts Museum, Conference Room
Capacity: 20 people (reservation required)
Admission: 300 yen
5. Gallery Talk
Dates: 9/16 (Sat), 24 (Sun), 10/21 (Sat), 29 (Sun), 11/12 (Sun), 18 (Sat), 12/9 (Sat), 17 (Sun)
Time: 14:00-14:30 for each session
*For details of the event and how to register, please visit the official website.
Schedule | Sep 2 (Sat) 2023-Dec 19 (Tue) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥710, University and High School Students ¥450, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥100, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Venue | The Japan Folk Crafts Museum Osaka | ||||
| Location | 10-5 Senri Banpaku Koen, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0826 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from Banpaku-kinen-koen Station on the Osaka Monorail. | ||||
| Phone | 06-6877-1971 | ||||
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