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Kasuri (絣) is the Japanese term for fabric that has been woven with fibers dyed specifically to create patterns and images in the fabric, typically referring to fabrics produced within Japan using this technique.
Kasur (Punjabi / Urdu: قصور; local pronunciation: ⓘ; also romanized as Qasūr; from pluralized Arabic word Qasr meaning "palaces" or "forts" [4]) is a city to the south of Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The city serves as the headquarters of Kasur District.
The threads must dry perfectly round for the shimebata stage, in order to create sharp kasuri. [13] Silk threads are glued together with igisu, and stretched, preparing them for shimebata. Shimebata 締機. Shimebata is the technique used to make the kasuri threads. The white silk threads are tightly woven with cotton threads creating a dense mat.
Two kusarigama. A kusarigama (Japanese: 鎖鎌, lit. "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle or billhook) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end.
Meisen cloth, probably 1950s Meisen (銘 （ めい ） 仙 （ せん ）, lit. ' common silk stuff ') is a type of silk fabric traditionally produced in Japan ; it is durable, hard-faced, and somewhat stiff, with a slight sheen, : 79 and slubbiness is deliberately emphasised. Meisen was first produced in the late 19th century, and became widely popular during the 1920s and 30s (late- Taishō ...
Simple kasuri patterns. Most ikat-woven, indigo-dyed cotton fabrics – known as kasuri – were historically hand-woven by the working classes, who of necessity spun and wove their own clothing until cheaper ready-to-wear clothing became widely available. Indigo, being the cheapest and easiest-to-grow dyestuff available to many, used due to ...
The Japanese used many different weave methods to produce kusari mail, including: a square 4-in-1 pattern (so-gusari), a hexagonal 6-in-1 pattern (hana-gusari), [8] and a European 4-in-1 (nanban-gusari), [9] the kusari links could be doubled up, and some examples were tripled in a possible attempt to make the kusari bullet resistant. [10]
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An insider's account of Pakistan's foreign policy is a book written by Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri. [2] The book is the first comprehensive account by a Pakistani Foreign minister who contributed in moving the peace process with India forward.