Introduction to Itchiku Kubota & Tsujigahana / Part 1 Kubota's Kimonos
Part 1 of 10 of the Kubota Kimonos: A History on Silk documentary. In this episode we find out more about Itchiku Kubota and the Itchiku Tsujigahana technique he used to create his famous Kimonos.
The documentary starts off in Siberia at a Japanese prisoner of war camp in the 1950s, where there are insights into Itchiku Kubota's past, his talents as an artist, and where he got his inspiration for his famous Kimono designs.
Itchiku Kubota went on to rediscover a forgotten technique for dying kimonos called Tsujigahana, which he developed as his own technique called Itchiku Tsujigahana.
The video also shows some of the Kubota Museum, along with expert opinion. Interviewees in the video include:
Sakuo Miahara
Apprentie of Itchiku Kubota
Celine Fressart
Historian of arts, expert on Japanese Textiles
Misa Takeoka
Female Apprentice of Itchiku Kubota
Viola Raikhel-Bolot
Fine Art Expert
Alan Kennedy
Writer, Expert on Japanese Art
Kioko Sibata
Visitor of the Kubota Collection Exhibition
Natalya Muradova
Artist
Dale Gluckman
Writer, Curator and Asian Textile Specialist
You can view all 10 parts of the documentary as they are released here:
• Introduction to Itchiku Kubota & Tsuj...
Kubota’s Kimono: a History on Silk
Directed by Radik Kudoyarov
Produced by Rite Productions
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