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- 2022.03.29
- Understand Kasuri Technique of Oshima-tsumugi / “Katasu” and “Hitomoto”
- Oshima Tsumugi is a traditional silk textile and one of the most famous kimono textiles in Japan made in Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima prefecture. It is also known for the world's most minute and precise ikat textile.
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- 2020.10.06
- “Hand weaving”? Japanese Hand looms and Power looms used in Kimono Fabric Weavers
- There are a tons of "hand woven" labeled fabrics in the Kimono market. But we better figure out which type of loom is used for "hand weaving" the fabric, because it may not matchwith your imaginal hand weaving. Let's look at various looms used in Japanese kimono fabric makers along with the development of looms in Japan.
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- 2019.07.25
- Shina-fu Linden Fabric | Japanese Oldest Textile Tradition
- Shina fu is a ancient Japanese fabric well known along with Basho-fu and Kudzu-fu, made of Shina Linden, a deciduous tree native to the north part of Japan. It is estimated that the cloth is well-used across the Northern part of Japan from the prehistoric time as daily and work wears, or bags. It was one of the most common cloth before the spread of hemp and cotton in Japan.
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- 2019.01.07
- The Size of “Tanmono” Kimono Fabric Bolt
- A Kimono fabric bolt, called "Tanmono", is woven in '38 ~41cm wide × 1250~80cm length (15 × 500 inches, or 0.43 × 14 yards) size.
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