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# The Story of Kunihiko Moriguchi, a Master Kimono Painter
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/the-story-of-kunihiko-moriguchi-a-master-kimono-painter/
- Published: 2021-11-14T21:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:05:40.000Z
- Description: Moriguchi, who studied in Japan and Paris, took the influence of Op art and applied it to the traditional art of kimono painting.
- Author: Nathan Gelgud
- Tags: Comics, Japan, kimono, Textile Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

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[Back to Japan: The Life and Art of Master Kimono Painter Kunihiko Moriguchi ](https://bookshop.org/a/539/9781635420906?ref=hyperallergic.com)*by Marc Petitjean and translated by Adriana Hunter is published by* [*the Other Press*](https://otherpress.com/product/back-to-japan-9781635420906/?ref=hyperallergic.com) *and available online.*