The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Shimoi Tsumugi
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- 2025.09.05
- Kimono Silk Exhibition September 2025 HIROTA TSUMUGI
- We displayed our 2025 Fall/Winter kimono silk collection at our showroom on 1st and 2nd September. We constantly focus on the handcrafted high quality textile works made for quality daily wear kimono (the daily wear, non-formal kimono category is called 紬 "Tsumugi").
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- 2025.08.19
- Shirataka Omeshi and Shimoi Tsumugi | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, August 5′
- ■ Shirataka Omeshi Silk Made in: Shirataka, Yamagata prefecture Weaver: Komatsu Orimono Kobo (Komatsu studio) Material: Silk 100%
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- 2019.11.20
- Shimoi Tsumugi | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection
- We just received new works from Shimoi tsumugi, made by a textile artist, Shimoi Nobuhiko based in Ida city, Nagano prefecture. He used to work as a textile designer for Western clothing. Thus he could bring modern sensitivity into traditional kimono cloth making.
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- 2019.02.14
- Shimoi Tsumugi | Striped Diamond Twill Weave
- In Iida city,Nagano prefecture, a senshoku (deying & weaving) artist Shimoi Nobuhiko produces "Shimoi tsumugi". He had originally worked at the place of Western textile design, and using his experience and modern sense, his kimono textiles surpasses others in originality, a fusion of innovation and tradition.
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