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Shizen-fu
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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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- 2019.03.02
- An ancient Japanese textile, Kudzu cloth
- Kudzu (otherwise known as East Asian arrowroot) is a kind of vine plants native to much of Asia, primarily originated from Japan, China or Korea. "Kudzu" is derived from the Japanese name, and
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