INDIAN SARASA
インド更紗 ･ 鬼手更紗
April 11th, 2008
BLOCK-PRINTED MORDANT-DYED
AND BLOCK-PIGMENTED COTTON
INDIA, 18C/19C
INDIAN SARASA
April 11th, 2008SAN-IN TSUTSUGAKI YU-AGE
山陰筒描き湯上げ ･ 鶴亀松竹梅
March 30th, 2008
HAND-DRAWN RICE PASTE RESISTED
HOMESPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO AND SAFFLOWER
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C
Yu-age were used in the San-in region
to dry infants after they had been bathed.
Their eyes were dabbed with the benibana corner,
in the belief that safflower would prevent illness.
INDIAN SARASA
手描きインド更紗 ･ シャム古渡り
March 26th, 2008
HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED,
RESIST-DYED AND HAND-PAINTED COTTON
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA, 18C
FOR THE THAI MARKET
INDIAN SARASA
手描きインド更紗 ･ インドネシア古渡り
March 25th, 2008
HAND-PAINTED MORDANT-DYED
AND RESIST-DYED COTTON
COROMANDEL COAST OF INDIA, 18C
FOR THE INDONESIAN MARKET
ECHIGO JOFU ・ 越後上布
March 19th, 2008HAND-PLIED CHOMA (RAMIE) BAST THREAD
NIIGATA PREFECTURE, MID/LATE 19C
private collection, Teramachi, Kyoto
SAKAI SARASA
堺更紗 ･ 風呂敷
March 14th, 2008
FUROSHIKI WRAPPING CLOTH
MINERAL PIGMENTS APPLIED THROUGH STENCILS:
ULTRAMARINE, OCHRE, FERROUS EARTH ･ 群青、黄土、紅柄
WIDE-LOOM COTTON IMPORTED FROM CHINA
MID 19C
SAKAI SARASA
堺更紗 ･ 茶道具古帛紗
March 11th, 2008
SMALL TEA CEREMONY MAT
MINERAL PIGMENTS APPLIED THROUGH STENCILS:
ULTRAMARINE, OCHRE, FERROUS EARTH ･ 群青、黄土、紅柄
HOMESPUN COTTON
MID 19C
EDO KATAZOME ・ SAYAGATA & SEIGAIHA
江戸型染 ・ 紗綾形青海波菱文様
March 8th, 2008
HOMESPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
BOTANICAL INDIGO
EARLY/MID 19C
EDO KATAZOME ･ CHINESE CHARACTERS
江戸型染 ･ 文字幾何文様
March 5th, 2008
HOMESPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
VAT-DYED IN FERROUS EARTH
AND BOTANICAL INDIGO
紅柄（べんがら）, 自然藍漬染め
EARLY/MID 19C
EDO KATAZOME ・ CLEMATIS
江戸型染 ・ 鉄線唐草文様
March 2nd, 2008
HOMESPUN, HANDWOVEN
COTTON WARP AND SILK WEFT
VAT-DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO
OVERDYED WITH UKON (TURMERIC)
EARLY/MID 19C
The tsumugi hand-plied silk weft would have circumvented
the Edo Shogunate’s sumptuary laws prohibiting the use
of silk in bedding and other household textiles.
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