Murayama Oshima Tsumugi
August 01, 2017Murayama Oshima TsumugiThe most distinctive feature of Murayama Oshima Tsumugi,a type of silk fabric, is its pre-dyed kasuri threads--silk threads used to make patterns and dyed with a unique dyeing technique, Itajime, a method of making dyed patterns by pressing cloth between carved boards.
Itajime uses thin wooden boards called Kasuri Ita in the following way: a design, Ita Zuan, is drawn on special graph paper; wooden boards made of Mizume-zakura (Japanese Cherry Birch) more than a century old are prepared; the prepared design is engraved on the boards, using exquisitely skillful and intricate techniques. Various delicate kasuri patterns are created through the Kasuri Ita.
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Murayama Oshima Tsumugi
Translation by:Tae Yamaguchi
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