Alice Kagawa Parrott

Alice Kagawa Parrott (12 ga Fabrairu, 1929 - 11 ga Satumba, 2009) ƙwararriyar mai zane ce ta Amurka kuma mai ƙera kayan yumbu ta ƙasar Japan. Ta yi yawancin rayuwarta ta girma a Santa Fe, New Mexico, inda ta kafa suna a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu saka kayan ƙasar, kuma ta buɗe ɗaya daga cikin shagunan farko na Santa Fe da aka keɓe don saka da sana'o'i.

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An haife ta a Honolulu, Hawaii, ga Takato da Isono Kagawa,  ma'aurata 'yan asalin Japan, Kagawa ita ce ƙarama a cikin yara shida.  Bayan kammala karatunta daga Jami'ar Hawaii da ke Manoa a shekarar 1952, ta fara halartar Kwalejin Fasaha ta Cranbrook da ke Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, inda ta yi karatun saka da Marianne Strengell da kuma yin aikin tukwane tare da Maija Grotell . A Cranbrook, ta fara abota ta tsawon rai da abokiyar aikin fasaha ta Hawaii Toshiko Takaezu. A lokacin hutun Kirsimeti ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci, tana aiki ga Jack Lenor Larsen a birnin New York .

 Matsar zuwa New Mexico 
Bayan kammala karatunta daga Cranbrook a shekarar 1954, ta koma Albuquerque, New Mexico don ta ɗauki matsayin koyar da yumbu da saƙa a sashen fasaha a Jami'ar New Mexico . [1] A can, an fallasa ta a karon farko ga Ba’amurke ɗan Indiya - musamman Navajo - da al'adun saka da tukwane na Mexico. A ƙarƙashin tasirin al'adun saka na gida, Kagawa ta fara zare da ulu daga Las Vegas, New Mexico da kuma yin rini da kanta ta amfani da kayan halitta na gida.

A wannan lokacin ta kuma shafe lokaci a lokacin bazara a Mexico, tare da yin karatun yumbu tare da Marguerite Wildenhain a Pond Farm da ke Guerneville, California .

Kagawa ta haɗu da Allen Morgan Parrott a wata ziyara da ɗalibanta suka kai gidan adana kayan tarihi na kasa da kasa da ke Santa Fe a shekarar 1956, inda ya kasance mataimakin mai kula da harkokin jama'a . Sun yi aure kwana ɗaya bayan kammala makaranta a wannan shekarar, kuma ta bar aikin koyarwa. Ma'auratan da suka yi aure sun ƙaura zuwa wani gida mai ɗakuna huɗu a titin Canyon a Santa Fe, inda suka zauna har tsawon rayuwarsu, suna ɗaukar 'ya'ya maza biyu, Ben da Tim. A wannan shekarar, Kagawa ta buɗe ɗaya daga cikin shagunan farko na saka da sana'o'i a Santa Fe, mai suna The Market. Da farko The Market kawai ɗakin zama ne na gidanta a titin Canyon; daga baya ta koma wani wuri na kasuwanci a titin Palace kusa da gidan cin abinci na Shed.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2009
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1929