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和硝子 Japanese glassware by 小澄正雄 Masao Kozumi
南部鉄 / 真鍮 Ironwork / Brass work $16~
Artwork by Daisuke Kiyomiya $40~
梶原靖元Yasumoto Kajihara
鯉江明 Akira Koie
手ぬぐい Tenugui by 小倉充子 Mitsuko Ogura $25, Woodblock print on 100% cotton
Mitsuko Ogura is a third-generation Edokko, Tokyo native, whose family operates the shoe store Yamato-ya, known to locals simply as the “corner geta shop,” established in Meiji 17(1884).
After completing the Graduate Program of Art Research and Design at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1994, she studied Edo-style katazome, stencil resist- dyeing, under renowned traditional dye artist Kozaburo Nishi.
In 1997, she established the Ogura Design & Dye Studio where she performs virtually every step of the production process from creating the original design to cutting the stencils and dyeing the fabric for kimono, yukata, tenugui hand towels, hanao straps for geta, and noren curtains.
After completing the Graduate Program of Art Research and Design at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1994, she studied Edo-style katazome, stencil resist- dyeing, under renowned traditional dye artist Kozaburo Nishi.
In 1997, she established the Ogura Design & Dye Studio where she performs virtually every step of the production process from creating the original design to cutting the stencils and dyeing the fabric for kimono, yukata, tenugui hand towels, hanao straps for geta, and noren curtains.
