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Kimono canvas makes rare trip outside Japan
Northeast Ohio is one of just two stops for textile impressionist art
by WKSU's TOM PARKINSON


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Tom Parkinson
 
Kubota's son Satoshi now carries on the family tradition.
Courtesy of Heidi Weber
An exhibit of Japanese kimonos that became a canvas of artistic masterworks is opening this weekend at the Canton Art Institute. The exhibit is the centerpiece of a three-month celebration of Japanese art and culture.
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The Kimono as Art exhibit opens February 8th at the Canton Museum of art.
"Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota," is the culmination of master fabric artist Kubota's life's work.
Kubota began learning the art of fabric dying in 1931 when he was 14 years old
Kubota spent decades developing his own technique that involves complex tie-dying and ink drawing working with fabrics woven with gold and silver threads.
Kubota began his masterwork when he was 60 years old, with the goal of creating 75 Kimonos to represent the 4 seasons.
Kubota died in 2003, after completing the first 30 pieces of his master work.
The first 30 pieces of Kubota's master work represents autumn and winter.
Satoshi leads the group of apprentices in creating new Kimono art in the tradition of his father, the master.
Kubota's signature is displayed on every Kimono.
Ambassador W.R. Timken is largely responsible for bringing the Kimono exhibit to Canton. Timken became interested in Kimono art after visiting Kubota's museum in Japan in 2004.
Brushes for painting and calligraphy, along with the vermilion ink pad used for Kubota's signature.
It took Kubota 27 years to perfect his own dyeing and decorating techniques.
At the age of 20, Kubota became enthralled with a 350 year-old silk textile after a visit to the Tokyo National Museum, and decided to devote his life to rediscovering the lost art.
Executive director of the Canton Museum of Art, M.J. Albacete describes some of the processes of making Kimono art.
Curator of the exhibit in San Diego and Canton, Dale Carolyn Gluckman is the author of the book Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota.
The exhibit runs through April 26th at the Canton Museum of Art.
The three-month Kimono Fest in Stark County includes a Japanese-film festival and a Kent State University Stark Campus performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado." For more on the events, go to http://www.kimonoexhibit.com/events.htm

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