# Toshiko Taira

> Toshiko Taira  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.

*Japanese dyer (1921-2022)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/toshiko-taira

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1921-02-14
- **Died:** 2022-09-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5241355/ (@nm5241355)

## Sources
- [Toshiko Taira](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiko_Taira)
- [توشيكو تايرا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7)
- [Taira Toshiko](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_Toshiko)
- [Toshiko Taira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiko_Taira)
- [Toshiko Taira](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiko_Taira)
- [平良敏子](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E8%89%AF%E6%95%8F%E5%AD%90)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20638962)
- [Toshiko Taira](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5280820)

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