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Pottery-making scenes in Tsuboya, Naha Okinawa](image/obi.jpg) Obi [Sash] length Pottery-making scenes in Tsuboya, Naha Okinawa, 1954 |
 Serizawa’s innovativeness laid in his ability to do the entire dyeing process of underdrawing, stencil carving, and dyeing, in which there was usually a division of labor, himself. Serizawa, as a talented painter, commanded an exquisite sense of color and form and created numerous new designs, capturing people’s hearts. |
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Chinese character Kaze [Wind]](image/nolen.jpg)
Noren [Entrance curtain] Chinese character Kaze [Wind], 1957 |
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 Serizawa transformed letters into beautiful designs. At eighty-one, he was invited to exhibit at the Grand Palais in Paris. His work, Wind, was chosen as the exposition poster. |
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 Serizawa was not only commissioned to work on textiles but to create designs for various purposes, such as matchboxes, hanging lamps, stained glass, and interior decoration. Do you recognize Serizawa’s design for this Japan Airlines’ logo? |
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JAL Pamphlet Package (detail) |
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 Serizawa studied nature through his sketches as well as early and modern works of art and applied art from East and West. When he was commissioned to produce religious art such as an illustrated biography of the Buddhist master Hônen and images of Christ and of the Buddha’s Ten Great Disciples, or even small pieces for a newspaper series, he researched on the iconographic and cultural background of his subjects. |
 Hanging scroll Portrait of Honen Shonin (a Buddhist saint), 1942 |
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 Serizawa collected a variety of objects from valuable artwork to children’s toys, numbering approximately 5,500 works, across five continents. In this diverse collection, his refined eye is a consistent theme. Surrounded by these objects from around the world, Serizawa enjoyed rearranging his rooms for people to visit and gained inspiration for his own works.
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