{"product_id":"8120-1960s-japanese-mud-doro-ohshima-tsumugi-pongeesilk-arai-hari-piece-many-classic-figures","title":"8120: 1960s Japanese Mud Doro Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee)Silk, Arai-Hari 58in.Many Classic Figures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca name=\"top\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCatalog#: 8120\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e1950s-1960s Arai Hari Cleaned Japanese Textiles:  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoro (Mud-Dyed) Ohshima Tsumugi (Pongee) \u003c\/em\u003eSilk Piece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassic Elements Motifs:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKikko\u003cem\u003e (tortoise), Fans, \u003c\/em\u003eHanabishi\u003cem\u003e(Floral Diamonds \u003cbr\u003ein metallic kasuri-style weave (warp-weft)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidth:14.5 inches \/ 36.83 cm\u003cbr\u003eLength: 58 inches \/ 147.32 m\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUS$25.00 per piece, plus shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"10\" width=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/divider1.jpg?v=1708803291\" alt=\"divider red bar\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003eFabric History\/Pedigree:  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e1950s-1960s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003epieces received from a traditional Japanese kimono cleaner\/reconstructor called \u003ci\u003eArai-Hari\u003c\/i\u003e -- see an excellent explanation of traditional \u003ci\u003eArai Hari\u003c\/i\u003e by textile expert John Marshall by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Go to John Marshall's explanation of old Japanese way of cleaning kimonos, called araihari.\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/blogs\/yokodana-kimono-blog\/john-marshall-conversation-about-arai-hari-traditional-kimono-cleaning\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eclicking HERE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; height: 121px;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" border=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 121px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 0.75pt; height: 121px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e For an excellent 'how-to' do  Arai-Hari oneself, we highly recommend Kae Warnock's Blog\u003ci\u003e, Chocolate Factotum:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Step One of Arai Hari - Picking the Kimono Apart\" href=\"https:\/\/kaewar.wixsite.com\/chocolate-factotum\/post\/step-one-of-arai-hari-picking-the-kimono-apart\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eStep One of Arai Hari - Picking the Kimono Apart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Step Two of Arai Hari - The Washing Process and the Formula\" href=\"https:\/\/kaewar.wixsite.com\/chocolate-factotum\/post\/step-two-the-washing-process-and-the-formula\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eStep Two of Arai Hari - The Washing Process and the Formula\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDescription:  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eThis distinctive Japanese vintage traditional Tsumugi silk is a thinner light-weight summer pongee-type silk; due to the Mud-dyed process(Doro), color background is dark brown, black in lower light; the motifs (detailed above) are in soft metallic silver or gold, both colors give off a burnished, less shining metallic; this piece's weave is warp-weft kasuri process, creating this pattern by way of the Ohshima tsumugi-weave; This thin, lightweight piece is slightly translucent,  probably from summer garment, slightly stiff  but softer than many other tsumugi;  fabric is the same on both sides; Selvedge on both sides is irrecular-about 3\/8inch \/ 9.53mm; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOhshima Tsumugi(Pongee) Cultural Background Info:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKimonos made from \u003cem\u003eDoro-Ohshima Tsumugi\u003c\/em\u003e are held in high regard among kimono traditionalists in Japan, given that the Imperial family has been known to wear such fabric in Royal kimonos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eColors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003ePlease NOTE\u003c\/b\u003e that colors and contrast vary by device, so use our text descriptions to complement your sense of the fabric.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #000099; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e Excellent.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCultural\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBackground Note:  \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom \u003ca title=\"www.nippon-kichi.jp\" href=\"https:\/\/nippon-kichi.jp\/article_list.do?kwd=2324\u0026amp;amp;ml_lang=en\"\u003ewww.nippon-kichi.jp:\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9900ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eT\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003esumugi are silk textiles woven by hand using thread collected from the floss of the cocoons. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe floss is made from debris of the cocoons and spun by hand into thread. Because the thread is called “tetsumugi ito” or “ tsumugi ito”, the textile made from the thread became to be known as tsumugi.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTsumugi is characterized by its unique texture and dull gloss coming from subtle variations of the tsumugi threads. It is extremely durable and has been used for everyday clothes and working clothes since ancient times....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo read the rest of the above \u003c\/strong\u003eand learn more about tsumugi, please  visit: \u003ca title=\"www.nippon-kichi.jp\" href=\"https:\/\/nippon-kichi.jp\/article_list.do?kwd=2324\u0026amp;amp;ml_lang=en\"\u003ewww.nippon-kichi.jp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"11\" width=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/divider1.jpg?v=1708803291\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelow: \u003c\/b\u003eHand-made purse using 1930's Doro Ohshima tsumugi silk, made by Fumi Sakanashi, YokoDana Kimono's owner's sister, an award-winning quilter in Japan. The Doro Ohshima (mud-dyed) is the center patterned portion on both sides, with the solid areas and handles being new; shown in pictures below:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"329\" width=\"367\" alt=\"Fumi Sakanashi HandMade Purse (front)from Tsumugi\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/ohshima-purse-fumi1_480x480_dd368d28-2b2e-43fc-915f-5d3202044bf4.jpg?v=1722971864\" style=\"margin-right: 89.8px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 89.8px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 152.3px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 152.3px; float: none;\" alt=\"Fumi Sakanashi HandMade Purse (back)from Tsumugi\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/ohshima-purse-fumi2_480x480_4ca325ee-ea3d-4ff7-b836-8bf8b63394a6.jpg?v=1722971864\" width=\"357\" height=\"339\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"#top\"\u003eTop\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YokoDana Kimono","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44078829404247,"sku":"8120","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/IMG_6475.jpg?v=1785185359","url":"https:\/\/www.yokodana.com\/products\/8120-1960s-japanese-mud-doro-ohshima-tsumugi-pongeesilk-arai-hari-piece-many-classic-figures","provider":"YokoDana Kimono","version":"1.0","type":"link"}