7602-2:1960's Japanese Pongee Silk Ohshima Tsumugi, 41inches Arai-Hari
Rare Japanese Textiles:
1960's Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) Silk Fabric
Arai-Hari
Catalog# 7602-2
Width:14.25 inches / 36.2 cm
Length: 41 inches / 104.14 cm
US$16.00 per piece
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Item Details and Description:
Cultural Background Information:
Details on this part of Japan's special pongee silk-making process can be found on the National Foundation for Promoting the National Costume of Japan website, which explains the natural plant dyes and mud etc. used in making Ohshima Tsumugi, quoted here:
Characteristics: A plain woven silk fabric with pre-dyed scoured threads both for warp and weft. The color is refined and calm and the fabric is soft and difficult to wrinkle. Threads are dyed with plant dyes such as "Techiki" (Raphilolepis umbellata) and indigo (Persicaria tinctoria) with a technique, peculiar only to "Oshima Tsumugi," called "Ori Jime." As a variety, an additional treatment is made to the dyed thread by dipping them in muddy water. It is "Doro(mud) Zome(dyeing)." There are several kinds of "Oshima Tsumugi":"Doro Oshima," "Ai(indigo) Oshima," "Doro Ai Oshima," "Iro(color) Oshima" and "Natsu(summer) Oshima."
Recommended for making scarf/accessories.
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.
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