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Ronin Gallery is pleased to welcome Toru Ishii, the 2026 Ronin | Globus Artist-in-Residence, for an upcoming exhibition running from July 8th to August 6th of contemporary textile works that bring new life to one of Japan’s most celebrated artistic traditions: yūzen dyeing. Developed during the Edo period, yūzen is a Japanese textile dyeing technique known for vivid color, intricate designs, and the use of paste-resist methods. In Ishii’s hands, this historic technique becomes a contemporary art form, bridging the refined world of Japanese textile design with the movement, color, and energy of modern Tokyo.

Ronin Gallery and Globus Washitsu are pleased to announce contemporary Japanese textile artist Toru Ishii as the 2026 Ronin | Globus Artist-in-Residence. Ishii’s solo exhibition, Tokyo Landscape, will be on view at Ronin Gallery from July 8 through August 6, 2026. Created between 2022 and 2025, Ishii’s Tokyo Landscape series turns the historic language of itome yuzen toward contemporary Tokyo. Like ukiyo-e artists who recorded the “floating world” of Edo, Ishii uses traditional technique to mirror the visual density and social energy of his own time.