// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Samiro Yunoki? Yu no ki who he is.
Samiro Yunoki | |
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柚木沙弥郎 | |
| Born | October 17, 1922 |
| Died | January 31, 2024 (aged 101)[1] Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo[2] |
| Occupations | katazome artist, mingei folk crafts artist, educator |
| Known for | Katazome |
| Movement | Mingei |
Samiro Yunoki (Yunoki Samirō (柚木沙弥郎)); October 17, 1922 – January 31, 2024) was a Japanese artist and professor[1] of the Joshibi University of Art and Design, best known for his work in katazome stencil dyeing.
Influenced by Soetsu Yanagi, founder of the mingei (folk crafts) movement[3], he studied the katazome stencil dyeing technique with craftsman Keisuke Serizawa[4]. His art includes traditional katazome stencil-dyed works such as kimono or noren, but also prints, picture books, cutouts and three-dimensional sculptures. He was heavily involved in the Mingei folk crafts movement[5]. He was a professor at the Joshibi University of Art and Design from 1950 to 1991, where was nominated as the 7th President of the university in 1987.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Regarding the passing of Professor Samiro Yunoki". www.joshibi.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-02-23.
- ↑ "About Yunoki Samiro". www.operacity.jp. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
- ↑ "Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery - Exhibition". www.operacity.jp. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
- ↑ "Yunoki Samiro and the art of Katazome (traditional stencil dyeing)". www.sainsbury-institute.org.
- ↑ "The Japan Folk Crafts Museum - Dyeing Textiles of Samiro Yunoki". mingeikan.or.jp. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
