Nippon Hand Weaves in "Kusakizome" Dyes
Sample pages
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A 1959 limited-edition sample book of 26 hand-woven Japanese fabrics dyed with natural plant dyes (kusaki-zome), made by Akira Yamazaki's Getsumei institute. Each page presents a fabric swatch with a bilingual (English and Japanese) description of the pattern name, yarns (tama-ito, tsumugi, hand-spun cotton, silk), dye plants (indigo, suoh, murasaki, benibana, ukon, kariyasu and others), and the loom used. Patterns run from plain solid colors through stripes, checks and horizontal stripes to kasuri (ikat) and twill. The preface and introduction cover the revival of hand weaving and plant dyeing, the ji-bata (izari-bata) ground loom, and the yarns. No weaving drafts are included.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1959
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Pages
- 44
- Archive notes
- Published without copyright notice
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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