Samirō Yunoki
Samiro Yunoki (Yunoki Samirō); October 17, 1922 – January 31, 2024) was a Japanese artist and professor 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, he studied the katazome stencil dyeing technique with craftsman Keisuke Serizawa. His art includes traditional katazome stencil-dyed works such as kimono or noren, but also prints, picture books, cutouts and three-dimensional sculptures.
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Samirō Yunoki
- Name
- Samiro Yunoki
- Born
- 17 October 1922
- Birthplace
- Tabata, Kita, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 31 January 2024
- Place of death
- Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- katazome artist, mingei folk crafts artist, educator
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Known for
- Katazome
- Movement
- Mingei
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Teachers
- Keisuke Serizawa
- Languages
- Japanese
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He was heavily involved in the Mingei folk crafts movement. 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.
Training under Keisuke Serizawa is recorded. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Joshibi University of Art and Design and Ohara Museum of Art. Work by Samirō Yunoki is recorded in the collections of National Crafts Museum, Iwate Museum of Art, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama and Izumi Museum of Art.
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• Name — Samiro Yunoki • Native Name — 柚木沙弥郎 • Born — 17 October 1922 • Birthplace — Tabata, Kita, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan • Died — 31 January 2024 • Place of death — Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — katazome artist, mingei folk crafts artist, educator • Education — University of Tokyo • Known for — Katazome • Movement — Mingei
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Samirō Yunoki, a textile artist, was born on 17 October 1922 in Tokyo, Japan and died on 31 January 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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1922
Samirō Yunoki born at Tabata.
2024
Samirō Yunoki died at Shibuya.
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- 1.Regarding the passing of Professor Samiro Yunoki. www.joshibi.ac.jp.
- 2.About Yunoki Samiro. www.operacity.jp.
- 3.Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery - Exhibition. www.operacity.jp.
- 4.Yunoki Samiro and the art of Katazome (traditional stencil dyeing). www.sainsbury-institute.org.
- 5.The Japan Folk Crafts Museum - Dyeing Textiles of Samiro Yunoki. mingeikan.or.jp.
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