Akiko Tsuda

  • Textiles
  • 1946 -
Akiko Tsuda

Creating textiles by dyeing and weaving while living in nature.
Living in Okusaga, Kyoto, she met Fukumi Shimura. She also visits her other house in Toin, located behing Mt. Atago frequently.
She weaves threads dyed with plum and cherry trees in spring, trees and nuts of Japanese magnolia in the winter, and mugwort and madder root from the fields. She also grows indigo plants in her fields.

Membership Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  • 1946 Born in Kyoto
  • 1966 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University Women's College, Department of Clothing
  • 1982 Studied under Fukumi Shimura
  • 1988 Submitted to the Ogurakai Exhibition (exhibition by Fukumi Shimura and her disciples)
  • 1994 Kimono of Tsumugi " Flower Dance" selected for the 23rd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 2000 Textiles Solo Exhibition at Gallery Kato (Kyoto)
  • 2003 Akiko Tsuda Textiles Exhibition and Junichiro Tsuda Ceramics Exhibition at Gallery San (Kyoto)
  • 2004 Textiles Solo Exhibition at Ruburu Echigawa (Shiga)
  • 2005 Kimono of Tsumugi "Bamboo in the Four Seasons" selected for the 39th Textiles Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 2006 Kimono of Tsumugi "Bamboo Forest in Saga" selected for the 53rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 2007 Junichiro Tsuda and Akiko Tsuda Two-person Exhibition at Gallery Parart
  • 2008 Submitted to the Kizahashi Exhibition (Seikiro Ryokan, Miyazu, Kyoto)
  • 2013 Junichiro Tsuda and Akiko Tsuda Two-person Exhibition "Ceramics and Textiles" at Gallery Parart

  • 2018Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award for Kimono of Tsumugi "Flower Symphony" at the 47th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Price Range

$ 6,000 - 10,000

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