7 5 B ▁gene . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading <0x0A> </s> ▁B itt ium ▁se ym ou rian um ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁sea ▁sn ail , ▁a ▁marine ▁g ast rop od ▁m oll usk ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁Cer ith i idae . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁Distribution ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : C er ith i idae ▁Category : G ast rop ods ▁described ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 <0x0A> </s> ▁( 1 9 1 7 – 2 0 0 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Japanese ▁text ile ▁artist . ▁He ▁was ▁most ▁famous ▁for ▁rev iving ▁and ▁modern izing ▁a ▁lost ▁late - 1 5 th - ▁to ▁early - 1 6 th - century ▁text ile - d ye ing ▁and ▁decor ating ▁technique ▁called ▁t su j ig ah ana ▁( liter ally , ▁flowers ▁at ▁the ▁cross ro ads ). ▁ ▁Biography ▁Kub ota ▁left ▁school ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 4 ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁app rent ice ▁of ▁Kob ay ashi ▁Ki y oshi , ▁a ▁Tokyo ▁k im ono ▁artist ▁who ▁special ized ▁in ▁hand - p aint ed ▁y u zen ▁( a ▁paste - res ist - d ye ing ▁technique ). ▁Kub ota ▁also ▁studied ▁other ▁techniques ▁for ▁decor ating ▁fab rics , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Japanese - style ▁landscape ▁painting ▁and ▁portrait ure . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 0 , ▁he ▁first ▁saw ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁a ▁text ile ▁in ▁the ▁t su j ig ah ana