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Corner twin - Awa indigo plant ...

Room 301 writer: Suwa enthusiast style (Director Representative the Awa indigo dyeing Orisakus association of the whole country)
Indigo dyeing art: Suwa enthusiast style (Director Representative the Awa indigo dyeing Orisakus association of the whole country)
Kofu Suwa
PROFILE:
It was born in Yonezawa-shi for 1,947 years.
The fifth generation of "the fields dye in cherry blossom color studio" which is particular about traditional dyeing and weaving technique by "dyeing with vegetable dyes" founded in 1858 (Ansei 5), and develops the seasonal dyeing and weaving including an indigo plant, Lithospermum Root, madder, cherry blossoms.
For 1,983 years "the tenth tradition I publish the results of my research in "kaishisen" due to the crafts Musashino exhibition winning domestic shellfish and repeat the studies of the rare dyeing technology including saffron sen and shikonsen.
Lye fermentation natural than 1986 I start original indigo dyeing to stop by to build it.
The writer who NHK was introduced a cherry tree by "a pot of the beauty" as the dyeing and weaving family which pursued "a Toki color of a wing" to materials in November, 2019, and brought about many "colors" so far. I promote the branding of "the Yamagata safflower".
The autumn of 2022 conferment of decorations (zuitakaratankosho).
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