Toshiko Taira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Toshiko Taira

Japanese dyer

Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: Ōgimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: artist, dyer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Toshiko Taira (?? ??, Taira Toshiko, born February 14, 1921) is an Okinawan textile artist who creates Kijoka-bashofu, a cloth made from the fiber of the Musa basjoo, a kind of banana tree.
Taira has been recognized as a Living National Treasure since 2000.