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WHITE GROUND KATAZOME ・地白型染め

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

朝顔・菱格子文様
MORNING GLORY AND DIAMOND LATTICE MOTIF
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
RICE-PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
AND VAT-DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO
MID/LATE 19C

Posted in KATAZOME ･型染

COTTON BINGATA ・木綿紅型

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON,
RICE PASTE STENCIL-RESISTED
BOTANICAL AND MINERAL PIGMENTS HAND-APPLIED
OKINAWA, LATE 19C

Posted in BINGATA ・紅型, KATAZOME ･型染, OKINAWA ･沖縄

BASHO-FU AND HEMP KIMONO ・芭蕉布麻着物

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

HAND-KNOTTED, HANDWOVEN
BASHO-FU BANANA FIBER,
KASURI-RESISTED COMMERCIAL HEMP THREADS
BOTH DYED WITH RYUKYU INDIGO (Strobilanthes cusia)
EARLY 20C
SOLD

Posted in BAST FIBER ･靭皮繊維, KASURI ･絣, OKINAWA ･沖縄

ITAJIME SHIBORI YUKATA ・板締め浴衣

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

FOLDED AND CLAMPED SHIBORI
HANDSPUN COTTON, BOTANICAL INDIGO
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C

Posted in SHIBORI ･絞

YANAGI SHIBORI YUKATA ・柳絞り浴衣

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

TESUJI HAND PLEATING、ORINUI SEWN POINTS
OF OMODAKA ARROWHEAD WATER PLANTAIN
HANDSPUN COTTON, BOTANICAL INDIGO
ARIMATSU, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C

Posted in ARIMATSU ･有松, SHIBORI ･絞

OMI JOFU CHILD’S KIMONO ・近江上布子供着

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
SHIGA PREFECTURE, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD

Posted in BAST FIBER ･靭皮繊維, KASURI ･絣, OMI (SHIGA) ･近江 (滋賀)

OMI JOFU KIMONO ・近江上布着物

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

手績み芋麻、絣藍染、龍、雨龍文様
HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) INDIGO KASURI
DRAGONS AND RAIN DRAGONS MOTIF
SHIGA PREFECTURE, EARLY 20C
SOLD

Posted in BAST FIBER ･靭皮繊維, KASURI ･絣, OMI (SHIGA) ･近江 (滋賀)

TAKETOMI ISLAND BASHO-FU
TESAJI ・ TENUGUI

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

HAND-KNOTED BASHO-FU
KASURI-RESISTED HANDSPUN COTTON
DYED WITH SAFFLOWER AND RYUKYU INDIGO
TAKETOMI-JIMA, OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
SOLD

Te-saji hand towels of basho-fu were traditionally woven by young women in the Yaeyama archipelago of Okinawa and given to their suitors as a symbol of love and commitment.