Shinya Yanagi (柳晋哉, born 1987, Tokyo) is a Japanese artisan specializing in tsumugi dyeing and weaving.
Yanagi graduated from interior design school and initially worked at a construction company before joining the world dyeing and weaving.
Two years after joining the workshop, he exhibited his first work under his own name at the Japan Folk Craft Museum Exhibition, where he was selected for the first time.
He produces roughly 60 obi and 10 kimono a year.
[2] He views Mingei as "the energy of craftsmanship," a philosophy that continues to inspire his work.