- Names
- 平良敏子
- TAIRA Toshiko (index name)
- Taira Toshiko (display name)
- 平良敏子 (Japanese display name)
- たいら としこ (transliterated hiragana)
- Date of birth
- 1921-02-14
- Birth place
- Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture
- Date of death
- 2022-09-13
- Gender
- Female
- Fields of activity
- Crafts
Wikipedia
Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, Taira Toshiko, 14 February 1921 – 13 September 2022) was a Japanese textile artist who was based in Okinawa. She created kijōka-bashōfu, a cloth made from the fibre of the Musa basjoo, otherwise known as the Japanese fibre banana plant. Taira became a designated Living National Treasure of Japan in 2000.
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- VIAF ID
- 111421229
- AOW ID
- _9ebd160f-7e98-4184-9406-1ee60c360c72
- NDL ID
- 00182329
- Wikidata ID
- Q20638962
- 2023-04-17