The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Tsumugi from Honshu
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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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- 2020.05.01
- Ice Cotton Kimono Underwear Fabric, the Most Suitable for A Summer Cloth Face Mask
- In recent summer's intense heat, wearing a mask to go out will be incredibly harsh. Our product of Ice Cotton fabric, made of natural fibers, could be greatly helpful with its comfortable touch and cooling effect.
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- 2019.12.13
- Omi-jofu, descended from fantom Takamiya-nuno
- Omi-jofu is a traditional hemp and ramie textile, designated as a list of Japan' traditional crafts. Despite its name recognition, rarely met even in kimono stores in Japan, due to its scarcity. So what is Omi-jofu that was descended from fantom Takamiya-nuno?
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- 2019.10.02
- Echigo jofu & Ojiya chijimi : Japanese finest ramie textile
- Echigo jofu (越後上布) [in the general meaning, includes Ojiya-chijimi (小千谷縮)] is a extremely refined handcraft hemp fabric woven with ultra-fine ramie thread, from the snowy Uonuma and Ojiya city, Nigata prefecture.
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- 2019.06.21
- Kihachijyo — a primo traditional silk textile made in Hachijyo island
- Kihachijyo, one of the prime grade silk textiles, had been beloved and worn only by the Feudal lords in the Edo period, so that it has different origins from other Tsumugi textiles in which other tsumugi were started as formers wears.
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- 2019.06.10
- Beautiful Gradational Omi Chijimi Made in Shiga
- Omi-chijimi is a finest summer ramie kimono weaving, traditionally manufactured in a Japan's biggest lakeside area of Omi region, Shiga prefecture. The history and root are very old in the region, making ramie weaving for over dozen centuries.
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- 2019.05.20
- Tanba cloth — the restored folk craft textile
- Tanba cloth (Tanba-fu) was used to be called "Sajimomen (佐治木綿)", a plain woven folk textile of handspun cotton and silk, produced at Saji-village, Tanba.
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- 2019.04.22
- Noto-jyofu: light green striped Noto-jyofu
- This is one of our Noto-jyofu stocks, a light-green striped Noto-jyofu. Noto-jyofu referes to a traditional hemp textile made in Nakanoto area, the neck of the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa prefecture.
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- 2019.03.27
- Hatasho tsumugi from Shiga prefecture/ comb printing kasuri
- By Omi merchants from the Edo period, Omi-jofu has became popular across Japan. After the WWⅡ, its technique has adopted to a silk textile, which is about Hatasho tsumugi.
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- 2019.02.22
- Mr. & Mrs. Matsumoto’s Plant-dyeing tsumugi
- Mr. and Mrs. Matsumoto's tsumugi textiles are made in one of the heaviest snowfall areas in Japan. We would like to introduce one of their unique products, a 100% plant-dyed gradational plaid weaving, embroidered with falling leaves.
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