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8032:1960s Japanese Kasuri (ikat) Cotton Fabric 58in. Pc., Stripes (Arai-Hari)

8032: 1960s Japan Kasuri Ikat striped 58in.

Vintage Japanese Textiles:

Japanese Kimono Kasuri (Ikat)
1960s Arai-Hari Japanese Cotton Fabric

Width: 14 inches / 35.66 cm
Length: 58 inches / 147.32 cm

Catalog# 8032

US$20.00 per piece
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Fabric History/Pedigree: Pieces received from a traditional Japanese kimono cleaner/reconstructor called Arai-Hari -- see an excellent explanation of traditional Arai Hari by textile expert John Marshall,by clicking HERE;

For an excellent 'how-to' do Arai-Hari oneself, we highly recommend Kae Warnock's Blog, Chocolate Factotum:

Fabric Type: Dark indigo-blue(almost black) Kasuri (ikat), light-medium weight, minimally translucent, slightly stiff; Design is of vertical (warp) pinstripes (1/8th inch / 3.17mm wide) equally spaced about .5 inch / 12.7mm; Within the indigo background are very fine geometric hash lines(90degree angles - please see closeups); The pinstripes alternate red and white; other colors: pale aqua-blue; Designs same on both sides.

Colors: Please use our text color descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric due to differences in contrast and color on different devices.

Condition: Excellent.

Notes:

This is a Japanese country vintage fabric called kasuri (also called ikat in Southeast Asia ); Kasuri is a labor-intensive process where patterns are made by pre-dyed paste resistance and varying techniques used to create the sorts of patterns seen here. Because of the methods used, authentic kasuri is usually highly expensive. More info on kasuri below:

Cultural Notes on Kasuri(ikat):

**Wikipedia.org, on-line encyclopedia, defines Kasuri as:**

...a Japanese word for fabric that has been woven with fibers dyed specifically to create patterns and images in the fabric. It is an ikat technique. Kasuri is weft ikat; the warp threads are solid color, and the weft thread is resist-tied in a specific pattern and dyed with indigo to form a picture when the cloth is woven. Japanese ikats are generally weft ikats or double ikats.

To see a YouTube.com video of the making of traditional indigo kasuri please click HERE .