Tag: Yoshiko Munehiro
Participating Artist: Rikizo Munehiro
「宗廣佳子作品展 ~力三、陽介の軌跡と共に~」参加作家紹介1:宗廣力三 この写真の裏側には『買ってもらった帽子をかぶって』と母のメモ書き。祖父力三の膝から滑り落ちそうになっている私のなんとも言えない表情。私を抱える祖父の手つきは、どこかきこちなくも見えます。 祖父が逝去したのは私が小学生のころ。朧げな記憶に、家族やかつての研修生やご近所さんから伺うお話が重なって、私の中の力三像は今も鮮やかになっています。...
I’d Be Content to Die Tomorrow.
Yoshiko Munehiro, Weaver Yoshiko Munehiro grew up in a home where she was constantly surrounded by her father’s apprentices at work. Her father, Rikizo Munehiro, was a designated holder of an Intangible Cultural Property (also known as a Living National Treasure) for...
Life Is Made of Constant Choice-Makings.
So She Said No at the Age of 27. What choice did you make today? From something as daily as how eggs should be cooked for breakfast to something potentially life-changing as proposing to your date, or saying yes or no to the proposal. Some choices come easy, but with...
The Job She Hated the Most…?
Portraying Mingei Stories #2 It was “pricing.”  As I now write this story, I see and interpret the process of pricing as “claiming self-value.” How many of us are good at it? Textile industry itself is one holistic ecosystem. Start from growing mulberry trees,...
Use Good Tools, My Mother Said.
Where to Place Money and Heart “Use good tools,” she said, in a frustrated manner. It was a pair of scissors, with one handle missing. I’d been using it ever since I was in elementary school. My family went on a trip to see our uncle and aunt for a summer holiday in...
Participating Artist: Rikizo Munehiro

Participating Artist: Rikizo Munehiro

「宗廣佳子作品展 ~力三、陽介の軌跡と共に~」参加作家紹介1:宗廣力三 この写真の裏側には『買ってもらった帽子をかぶって』と母のメモ書き。祖父力三の膝から滑り落ちそうになっている私のなんとも言えない表情。私を抱える祖父の手つきは、どこかきこちなくも見えます。 祖父が逝去したのは私が小学生のころ。朧げな記憶に、家族やかつての研修生やご近所さんから伺うお話が重なって、私の中の力三像は今も鮮やかになっています。...

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I’d Be Content to Die Tomorrow.

I’d Be Content to Die Tomorrow.

Yoshiko Munehiro, Weaver Yoshiko Munehiro grew up in a home where she was constantly surrounded by her father’s apprentices at work. Her father, Rikizo Munehiro, was a designated holder of an Intangible Cultural Property (also known as a Living National Treasure) for...

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Use Good Tools, My Mother Said.

Use Good Tools, My Mother Said.

Where to Place Money and Heart “Use good tools,” she said, in a frustrated manner. It was a pair of scissors, with one handle missing. I’d been using it ever since I was in elementary school. My family went on a trip to see our uncle and aunt for a summer holiday in...

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