A beautiful strip of hand woven kasuri fiber dyed with natural plant based colors by Living National Treasure Tsuchiya Yoshinori enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shusei (the voice of autumn). Mounted in muted greige Tsumugi silk terminating in light wood rollers. The overall size is 45.5 x 202 cm (18 x 79-1/2 inches) and is in perfect condition.
Born in 1954 in Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, Tsuchiya Yoshinori studied textile arts at Kyoto's International School of Fine Arts. Captivated by the subtle hues of plant-based dyes, he apprenticed under the celebrated Living National Treasure Shimura Fukumi, master of tsumugi-ori (pongee weaving). Returning to his native Gifu, he established his own studio, where he devoted himself to creating kasuri-weave and raw silk textiles dyed with natural materials. In 1996, he was awarded the Japan Kōgei Association President's Prize and went on to study mojiriori (twisted weft weaving) under another Living National Treasure, Kitamura Takeshi, a master of ra (gauze weave) and tate-nishiki (warp-patterned brocade). In 2006, Tsuchiya received the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, followed by numerous other accolades. In 2009, he was decorated with the Imperial Medal with Purple Ribbon. The following year, in 2010, he was designated a Living National Treasure for his mastery in the field of monsha (patterned gauze weaving), recognized as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan.
