Fifth-generation head of Katsuyama Orimono, founded in Nishijin, Kyoto, at the end of the 19th century.
A workshop in Iijima, Kamiina District, Nagano Prefecture, capable of integrated silk production from sericulture through dyeing and weaving.
A weaving workshop in Shuzan, Keihoku, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto. Silk textiles are produced at these two sites.
The Keihoku weaving workshop was established in 1965.
It mainly produces woven cloth and kimono.
The Nagano workshop was established in 2002.
It mainly produces silk for the repair of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and kimono.
In 2021 Akira Shimura, head of the Nagano workshop, was recognized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs as a Holder of Selected Conservation Techniques under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
Since then, as the Katsuyama Orimono Silk Weaving Research Institute, it has produced repair fabrics for the restoration of cultural properties.
