Archive for the ‘STRIPES & LATTICES ・ 縞、格子’ Category
ECHIGO JOFU KASURI STRIPES
絣縞越後上布
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
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.






KUDZU AND COTTON TWILL ・ 葛木綿綾織り
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010GO-TENJO IKAT INDIAN SARASA CHINTZ
格天井縦横絣古渡りインド更紗
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
SHURI HANAORI ・ 首里花織
Thursday, July 9th, 2009KOSHI BASHO-FU KIMONO ・ 格子芭蕉布着物
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008SANKUZUSHI LATTICE INDIGO COTTONS
算崩し格子藍染木綿
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
INDIGO COTTON SHIMA WITH BASHO THREADS
琉球藍染木綿、芭蕉縞
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
HANDSPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
DYED WITH RYUKYU INDIGO;
SUPPLEMENTAL BASHO BANANA-FIBER THREADS
OKINAWA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto























