Japanesetextiles - Blog Posts

Ms. Shizuoka Shigato Manale (left) of the Hiroshima Peace Project is wearing a kimono by bingata artist Isa Toshihiko, 1924-2010. The han-eri and tabi that I’m wearing (right) are by bingata artist 染谷 唯 Yui Someya. #japanesetextiles #ryukyu #okinawa #kimonos #kimono #IsaToshihiko #bingata #textiles #haneri tabi

Michihiko Kakazu (National Theater Okinawa), Ichiko Yonamine (Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum), Toshiaki Hagio (Cultural Assets Division of the Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education), Masayuki Dana (Okinawa Predectural Board of Education), and translators field questions during a symposium for Bingata! Only in Okinawa. Nov. 5, 2016-Jan. 30, 2017. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Many of the items are national treasures and have never been seen outside of Japan. #bingata #kimono #kimonos #okinawa #ryukyu #japanesetextiles

Michihiko Kakazu of the National Theater Okinawa demonstrates how to put on a woman's Okinawan dance kimono as part of Bingata! Only in Okinawa. Nov. 5, 2016-Jan. 30, 2017. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Many of the items are national treasures and have never been seen outside of Japan.. #bingata #kimono #kimonos #okinawa #ryukyu #japanesetextiles

Bingata! Only in Okinawa. Nov. 5, 2016-Jan. 30, 2017. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Many of the items are national treasures and have never been seen outside of Japan. #bingata #kimono #kimonos #okinawa #ryukyu #japanesetextiles

Bingata! Only in Okinawa. Nov. 5, 2016-Jan. 30, 2017. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Many of the items are national treasures and have never been seen outside of Japan. #bingata #kimono #kimonos #okinawa #ryukyu #japanesetextiles

Spending the day talking Japanese textiles at the Baltimore Museum of Art #baltimoremuseumofart #BMA #japanesetextiles