The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Tsumugi from Okinawa
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- 2023.05.10
- Ryukyu Kasuri | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 20 March 23′
- ::: Ryukyu Kasuri ::: Made in : Haebaru-cho, Okinawa Material: Silk 100%
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- 2020.02.25
- Yomitanzan Hanaori from Okinawa
- Hana-ori, a flower pattern created "through" weaving, is the technique well used in traditional Okinawa handcraft textiles. Yomitanzan hanaori is one of most beautiful and elaborate Hana-ori Okinawa textiles.
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- 2019.07.02
- Ryukyu Kasuri / “clay wall like” unique texture
- The Ryukyu Kasuri for summer kimono employs unique twisted silk for weft yarns in order to make distinctive scabrous and see-through texture. Its texture is sometimes called "cray wall like".
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- 2019.03.09
- Mud-dyeing kumejima-tsumugi
- Kumejima tsumugi is one of traditional crafted tsumugi textiles, made in the Kume island, located about 90 kilometers west of Okinawa Honto.
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