SERIZAWA KEISUKE Back to Top Page Serizawa Keisuke 1895 - 1984. Textile designer and dyer. Another champion of the Mingei movement, and a pioneer in stencil dyeing, who joined the Mingei Movement after reading a paper by Yanagi in 1925. Designated a Living National Treasure in 1956. His work drew much inspiration from the "bingata" dyeing process of Okinawa.  Design of Scene in Naeshirogawa (detail) Stencil dyed on cotton by Serizawa Keisuke, 1955 LEARN MORE ABOUT SERIZAWA KEISUKE baxleystamps.com/litho/serizawa_1948.shtml (outside link)