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Eiji Suzuki Meister (Japanese dressmaker)
Last Updated January 18, 2024
Eiji Suzuki
Japanese dressmaker
Fiscal 1996 Selection (1st term)
Lives and works in Kanagawa Ward
- Born in Niigata Prefecture in 1945
- Chairman of the Costume Study Group Co., Ltd.
- 1st grade Japanese court technician, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1st grade Japanese court certification, vocational training instructor
- He has served as chairman of the Kanagawa Prefectural dress training association and chairman of the National Federation of dressmaking organizations.
The job of a dressmaker is to breathe in from cloth to kimono.
"In order to acquire the skills of dressmaking, it is essential to sew as much as one person and feel the nature of the fabric on the skin." "The fabrics made through many craftsmen, such as weaving, dyeing, and embroidery, can be useless if they become even more wonderful, depending on the tailoring process. The job of a dressmaker is the last job of the kimono culture, which requires all the nerves, "he said, "It is one of the jobs of craftsmen to make good things, nurture successors, and learn the skills." Based on the belief that "one of the craftsmen's jobs is to get everyone to understand," he trains many undergraduates at his own dressmaking training schools, etc., and produces top prizewinners at skill Olympics and skill grand prix.
In addition to passing on skills, he has a high level of insight into the history of clothing and the study of eras, and is focusing on the spread and preservation of Japanese folk costumes, mainly in Yokohama, such as managing Japanese kimono belonging to Sankei Hara's residence and restoring Oshima Tsumugi's Haniwa.
Meister's skill
Sew and drop-down jacket
"Sew-dropping haori" is made of gauze fabric. The pattern is cut by folding the hem, turned back to the back, sewn so that the seams are hardly visible on the front, and the sewing in other parts is extremely thin and sewed in the same way. This technique has been around since the Meiji era, but it has hardly been seen in modern times.
Inlaying (cutting) Ewa Kimono
"Inlaying (cutting) Eba Kimono" is a cloth inlaying technique in which a pattern you want to put in a cloth is cut out inside the cloth, and another cloth is inserted into the place where it is cut out.
Sun flame-style fashionable half sky
"Yangin-style fashionable Hanten" is a technique in which a fabric with a half sky and a pattern is cut along the pattern, and the back of a transparent fabric (such as gauze) is sewed so that the seams are almost invisible on the front. Enjoy the pattern shown on the table.
Profile
Torayoshi Suzuki, an exclusive tailor of the late Sankei Hara, a businessman who landscaping Sankeien Garden, received a master of dressmaking from 1964, and became the representative of the costume study group in 1981. In addition, the name of the costume study group was the name of the craftsmen who made kimonos (dying, weaving, embroidery, tailoring, etc.) held by the Hara family, but when it was dissolved after the war, Torayoshi was a Japanese courthouse company name. It was awarded as Original techniques such as cutting and fitting were recognized in Shinjuku Isetan, and participated in an exhibition and sales event in 2004. It has been well received and has since been held at Yokohama Takashimaya and other places.
Major Awards
- Received the 2008 “Contemporary Master Craftsman (Excellent Skilled Workers)” Award (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
- Received the Medal with Yellow Ribbon in 2009
- Received the Yokohama Culture Award in 2016
You can meet the skills of Meister here!
Costume Study Group Co., Ltd.
3-29-11, Kandaiji, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi
Telephone: 045-565-9160
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