Name: Samiro Yunoki Travel Notebook - Admiring Medieval Art
SKU: 9784582839708
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“Memories of Travel” written by textile artist Samiro Yunoki.

In 1967, driven by his admiration for medieval European art, Yunoki embarked on a two-month journey through Europe with a notebook and sketchbook in hand. Each page reveals foreign landscapes captured by his keen eye and warm interactions with the people he encountered along the way.

[Contents]
Departure
Egypt
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Spain
France
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Return

Category：Japanese Art Book

Tag：Essay, Europe, sketch

Pages：: 232
ISBN：: 9784582839708
Release Date:: August, 2024
Language:: Japanese
Publisher:: Heibonsha

Author profile

Samiro Yunoki

Dyeing artist / artist. Born in Tokyo in 1922. In 1942, he entered the Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Faculty of Letters, Tokyo Imperial University. In 1946, he worked at the Ohara Museum of Art in Okayama Prefecture, met Soetsu Yanagi’s “Mingei”, and studied under Keisuke Serizawa to become a dyer. She was a professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design in 1972 and president since 1987. In addition to dyeing, she produces and presents various works such as prints, dolls, and picture books. She holds exhibitions at public museums in Japan as well as at the Guimet Oriental Museum in France.