Kaga-yuzen dyeing
Kurotomesode "Oimatsu ni oshidori"
Kaho Hyakkan
Kaho Hyakkan has preserved many of the traditions of kaga-yuzen dyeing based on sketching and is renowned for his skillful coloring techniques.

Brief history: Born in 1944 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, in 1963 he began two years of batik study at Tokyo Biken So. In 1966 he began studying under Uzan Kimura, and two years later won the first of his 19 prizes at the Nitten Exhibition. In 1977 he became a judge at the Modern Art Exhibition. His first prize at the Japan Modern Crafts Exhibition was awarded 1979, followed two years later by the Japan Modern Crafts Prize at the Japan Modern Art Exhibition. In 1985 he won the Japan Modern Crafts Member's Prize at the same exhibition and became a member of the Nitten Exhibition. In 1988 he visited Soshu, in China with the Kanazawa culture mission, and in 1991 he won a special prize at the Nitten Exhibition. In 1993, Hyakkan won the Governor of Tokyo Prize at the Japan Modern Craft Exhibition, and in the following year became a judge at the Nitten Exhibition.
　
Kenji Maida
Kenji Maida learned kaga-yuzen dyeing techniques from his father, Jinro Maida, an Intangible Cultural Asset of Ishikawa Prefecture.

Brief history: Born in Kanazawa city , Ishikawa Prefecture, Kenji Maida studied Japanese painting at Kanazawa College of Art. In 1971 he won the first of many prizes he has been awarded at the Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition. In 1978 he won the Cultural Affairs Agency Prize at the Japan Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition, and in the same year he became a member of the Japan Crafts Association. In 1983 he became an exhibitioner of the Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition. In 1988 he exhibited at the Japan Crafts Exhibition held in Singapore. In 1989 he became a judge at the Modern Art Exhibition, and in the following year a judge at the Japanese Traditional Crafts Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition. In 1991 he held his own exhibition at the Japan-Germany Culture Center in Berlin. In 1992 he became a director of the Ishikawa Prefecture Art and Culture Association, and a judge at the Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition.
Dyed frame Matsu (pine tree)