Staff Members
Academic Qualifications
- B.A. Kyoto City Univ. of Arts 1971
Research Keywords
Southeast Asia, East Asia, Textile Arts and Technology
Publications (English publications only)
- 1981
- The Tribal Arts and Crafts of Madhya Pradesh. A Comprehensive Survey of Prehistoric and Tribal Arts in Madhya Pradesh, India (A Preliminary Report, Faculty of Letters). Osaka University.
Presentations
- 2003
- “Textile Globalization, Batik to African Prints.” Sari to Sarong: 500 Years of Indian and Indonesian Textile Exchanges, 8–18 July, 2003 Australia.
- 2000
- “The Cultural Situation of Common Handlooms among the Miao or the Hmong.” Workshop on Transmission of the Traditional Technique of Costume-Making of the Miao/Hmong. 30 June, UNESCO & Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
- 1996
- “From the Back-tension Loom to the Treadle Loom: The Types and Distribution of Common Handlooms in East and Southeast Asia.” International Seminar. The Foundations and Development of Weaving Culture in East & Southeast Asia, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan.
- 1991
- “Typologycal Studies of Indonesian Handlooms.” International Seminar. Textiles from Indonesia and Related Areas, Museum fur Volkerkunde und Schwerizesches Museum fur Volkskunde Bazel, Basel, Switzerland.
- 1989
- “Klasifikasi dan Analisa Alat Tenun Indonesia.” International Seminar. Aspek-Aspek Kebudayaan Indonesia dan Jepang dalam Perbandingan, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Department Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- 1985
- “Sacred Cloth among the Sasaka.” International Seminar. Indonesian Textiles, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne, West-Germany.
