HIROKO KOSHINO

Yomiuri Shimbun Article on Japanese Traditional Puppet Play Yomiuri Shimbun Kansai edition started running a serial article titled "Eeyan! Kansai" (Nice! Kansai region) featuring Japanese traditional puppet play "bunraku" from Monday, March 30th. Hiroko Koshino stated the importance of cultivating and enriching humanity by seeing real traditions and stimulating one's right side of the brain from childhood. "Bunraku" puppet play is one of her personal recommendations for children to educate and broaden their future abilities.

Showing a symbiotic relationship between human being and nature, Awaji Hanahaku 2015 is being held from Saturday, March 21st.
On the first day, actress Mao Daichi, flower arrangement artist Atsunobu Katagiri, and Hiroko Koshino cut the tape at the opening ceremony of the event. Works by Mr. Katagiri and Koshino are co-exhibited at the Awaji venue, one of the three main sites of the event, throughout the period. Also, Hiroko Koshino Special Exhibition will be held in the international conference hall at the Awaji venue from Friday, April 24th.
We believe you could enjoy wonderful integration of fashion and art from the past to the present in very attractive atmosphere. Please drop by if you come around this area!

'Awaji Hanahaku2015'
Date: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venues: Awaji venue, Sumoto venue, and Minami-Awaji venue, Hyogo prefecture　　
http://www.awajihanahaku2015.jp/guide.html

Event: 'Co-Exhibition of Green and Art'
Date: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venue: Awaji venue, the international conference hall 1F
http://awajihanahaku2015.jp/event/detail.php?eid=229

Event: 'Hiroko Koshino Special Exhibition'
Date: Friday, April 24th, 2015 – Sunday, May 31st, 2015
Timings: 9:30am – 6:00pm
Venue: Awaji venue, the international conference hall B1F
http://awajihanahaku2015.jp/sp1/index.html

HIROKO KOSHINO 2015-16 Autumn Winter Collection under the theme of ''Deep into the Forest'' was shown on Thursday, March 19th, at Yebisu Garden Hall.
Models wearing characteristic animal-like ears appeared one after another from the screen of trees and walked into a hazy catwalk. With nice and cute rounded form, wild hair and makeup that suggest animals, the designer exhibited 69 works and received extensive applause from the audience.
Thank you very much for coming to our show.

KH Gallery Ginza will mark the third anniversary of its founding in September 2015. The gallery’s tenth exhibition in this, a milestone year, will feature works by Akio Hirata, hat designer for Empress Michiko as well as for many leading catwalk brands, and by fashion designer Hiroko Koshino.
It is one year since the death of Akio Hirata, who played the leading role in the field of haute couture hat called "Haute Mode" in Japan for many years. He thought outside the box, creating strikingly original designs which all the while valued Japanese tradition. Meanwhile, Hiroko Koshino has given expression to Japanese aesthetics and traditional culture in the area of clothing, playing a major role in boosting the Japanese fashion world in its infancy.
In her past collections, created in collaboration with Hirata, the elegant, fashionable, and unique styles of the pair harmonized astonishingly, causing many people to marvel. Each one of these works, infused with their creators’ spirits down to the last detail and backed up by their passion, surpass any concept of fashion, projecting a distinctive presence even today. Please enjoy observing the brilliant design philosophy of these two designers, who loved the culture and art in which they were raised, and who continually experimented in various ways in order to create a new beauty.

Japanese traditional hand-held fans – sensu and uchiwa – that Hiroko Koshino designed with her ink paintings will be shown together with 7-other designers’ works at the Sensu and Uchiwa Exhibition held in Kyoto. The exhibition is part of the “Rimpa 400 Year Celebration Festival". Please enjoy the exhibition.

Duration: Saturday, March 7 & Sunday, March 8, 2015
Opening hours: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Tokiwa-shinden, Yasaka Shrine (625 Kitagawa, Gioncho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City 605-0073)
Tel: 075-525-8080