Silk stain specialist

I had a tea time with Mr. Sachio Yoshioka who is a famous person in ancient Kyozome(Kyoto stain) industry stuff. He is specialized in the ancient technology in the field utilizing only the natural plant staining materials for silk clothes. A chat conversation with him revealed that he is the busiest person judging from his age around 65 years old and realized I again that there is no easier occupation in the world, he is devoting himself utmost all the time. 1/4 of a year is spent for the dedication to the famous shrines scattered all over Japan for free of charge. His life is supported mainly his own awareness and a strong determination to contribute himself to the traditional rituals. He became slender than before, so I'm anxious about his health condition.
His specialization of long lasting researches and experiments is just the way to communicate with the origin of Nature and that of ancient people, so he is consulting with old paleography and documents by reproducing the practice following old theories and methods and prove the part that we do not know in the blank.
Also, he is the only person to be recommended by The Royal Silk Industrial Community in England as a representative craftsman in the world.

I could have some permission to visit his working place in Kyoto Uji in very near future, of course I know that any visiting by any outsider like me is very inconvenient for him to be troubled and to be interrupted his work, so 15 minutes or 30 minutes at the longest, just I want to obtain some motivation to break down my closed way to communicate with Nature recently as an artist.
Political events of the shrine sometimes discriminates women because of each cleansed, his heir might have some problem, he has no hair of the man but three daughters. They must some reliable son-in-law as soon as possible, because the new comer should be nourished and learn much about his long lasted traditional tinting technology, not so easy task as imagined by the outsiders.

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