Patterns . large patterns. Japanese Kimono Designs. Itchiku Kubota: wearing his art on his sleeve. Japanese Kimono Design Techniques. Kimonos with Painted, Embroidered, Kasuri, Shibori, and Gold Foil Designs. Textile artist Itchiku Kubota's 'Kimono as Art' displays his memorable creations. Courtesy of Itchiku Kubota Art Museum"San/Burning Sun" illustrates kimono artist Itchiku Kubota's fiery memory of Siberian sunsets as a prisoner of war.
ON VIEW Canton Museum of Art What: The traveling exhibition "Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Ku bota. " When: Through Sunday, April 26. For hours, go to cantonart.org. Where: 1001 Market Ave. N., Canton. Tickets: $10; $7 for those over 60, students with ID and children ages 13-18; free for children under 12. JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH: See a complete listing of related events at kimonoexhibit.com and arts in stark.com. "What I respect, admire and love the most are the aspects of nature. -- Itchiku Kubota, 1979 Hope was as vacant as the Siberian plain for the Japanese soldier who dug graves there. But there was a fleeting bright handful of moments that made endurable Itchiku Kubota's long, dismal days as a World War II prisoner of war -- the sunsets. "That sun penetrated the clouds and the swirling dust. But World War II intervened. M.J.