The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Every fabrics Hirota Tsumugi supplies holds a profound story from unkown Japanese
traditional or historic backgrounds to astonishingly meticulous craftsmanship.
At Hirota Tsumugi we thrive on exchanging these unrevealed stories. The Blog offers an oppotunity
to discover and introduece the Japanese Kimono fabric culture and craftsmanship futher.
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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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- 2023.05.05
- Woodblock Printed Chintz by Masahumi Kageyama | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 10 May 23′
- Masahumi Kageyama is a dye artist who specializes in a very rare technique of wood printed chintz. He dyed 2 pieces of obi silk fabric for us.
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- 2023.04.26
- Hirota Tsumugi Textile Exhibition May 2023
- Hirota Tsumugi textile display May 2023 Date : May 2 (Tue) and 8 (Mon) 2023 (9am – 17pm)
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- 2023.04.14
- Tanba-Nuno | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 13 April 23′
- ::: Tanba-fu ::: Made in: Aogaki cho, Tanba city Weavers: Otani Tomie, Ashida Michiko
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- 2023.03.28
- New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 28 March 23′
- ::: Shirataka Omeshi (Oitama Tsumugi) ::: Made in : Shirataka-cho, Oitama region, The South part of Yamagata pref.
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- 2022.08.05
- Holiday Closure Notice Aug 2022
- Dear important customers, Please note that we will close at as following dates, due to national and summer holidays. from 6th to 16th August We will fully return to our regular opening hours the week starting 17rd August 2023
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- 2022.05.07
- Omi Chijimi Ramie & Cotton Woven Fabric for Summer Kimono and Yukata
- Newly woven in this spring, Omi Chijimi ramie and cotton summer kimono fabric with 3 color options (Purple / Blue / Beige), made in the Eastern lake district of Shiga prefecture, Omi region. The ramie weaving history in this area is very old over 1,000 years for producing highest quality ramie summer Kimono fabrics.
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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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- 2022.02.03
- Tango Chirimen / Finest silk crepe fabric made for a supreme Kimono
- Tango Chirimen "丹後ちりめん" is a crepe silk fabric made in Tongo, the north part of Kyoto, exclusively made and used for finest Kimono fabrics. Its elegance and outstanding ability to dye, established unshakable position of kimono material. Today, it covers about 70% of all kimono silk fabrics in the market.
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- 2020.12.21
- Surikomi-kasuri / A Disappearing Craftsmanship from Yuki-tsumugi textile tradition
- The traditional Yuki-tsumugi silk production consists of multiple steps, which are a complete division of labor, involving different artisans at different stages (in total there are more than 20 different stages). If one of the experts retired, it is not replaceable. In this Covid-19 pandemic situation, the production rate has dramatically decreased. We are again about to lose one of precious traditions.
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