natural dyes, sachio yoshioka, traditional dyes

‘In Search of Forgotten Colors’: A Documentary About the Beauty of Natural Dyes

In Search of Forgotten Colors is one of Japan’s national broadcaster NHK’s four short documentaries exploring Sachio Yoshioka’s work on natural dyes. Yoshioka is the fifth-generation head of the Somenotsukasa Yoshioka dye workshop in Fushimi. Yoshioka and natural dyes In 1988, Yoshioka took over his family business and immediately stopped using synthetic colors and moved ...

Jessica Kneipp

Sachio Yoshioka examining dyed material.