Mr. Shintani has spent decades
devoting his time to the craft of somemono, the dyeing of cloth, silk,
linen and other materials. He is a master kimono and tapestry
maker who teaches dyeing at a school in remote, Western Japan.
The award-winning
Mr. Shintani uses only traditional methods to create his pieces, routinely
spending months on a kimono commission, a stark contrast to the latest
fabric printers which can produce kimonos in minutes. Aware of this constant
threat to his tradition, Mr. Shintani is an earnest teacher of his craft.
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