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Toshiko Taira
Born(1921-02-14)14 February 1921
Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan
Died13 September 2022(2022-09-13) (aged 101)
OccupationTextile artist

Toshiko Taira (平良 敏子, Taira Toshiko, 14 February 1921 – 13 September 2022) was a Japanese textile artist who was based in Okinawa. She created kijōka-bashōfu, a cloth made from the fibre of the Musa basjoo, otherwise known as the Japanese fibre banana plant. Taira became a designated Living National Treasure of Japan in 2000.

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