The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Tsumugi from Okinawa
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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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- 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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