Miyazaki Yūzen (宮崎 友禅, 1654 – July 25, 1736), also known as Miyazaki Yūzensai or Yūzenzai (友禅斎), was a Japanese fan painter who perfected the yūzen fabric dyeing technique.
[3] He used rice paste to resist-dye the cloth in a method that he named yūzen-zome.
This technique made it easier for Miyazaki to paint his designs directly on the kimono, making them more expressive.
[4] His designs were so popular that they were published as Yuzen-hinagata (友禅雛形 “Yūzen maquette”)[5] in 1688.
Miyazaki developed a method to make it easier to resist-dye designs onto cloth.