Nihon Shishu: Japanese Embroidery
September 08, 2014Japanese embroidery has been passed down over 1600 years.
People have embroidered on Japanese traditional dresses, robes, Noh and Kabuki costumes as well as other various kinds of commodities. The Kanji character for “picture” is composed of two parts, one meaning “thread” and the other meaning “to meet.” If directly interpreted, this character means “to meet threads.” As this interpretation suggests, it is likely that people used thread to make a pattern in olden times when paintbrushes were not available. We can see that thread has been familiar to Japanese people’s lives for a long time.
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Nihon Shishu: Japanese Embroidery