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Tatsumura Textile, located in Nishijin, is a center of nishijin-ori manufacturing today. Founded by Heizo Tatsumura I in the 19th century, it is renowned for making some of the most luxurious nishijin-ori obi , [ 6 ] as well as having been responsible for the tutelage of well-known painters such as the late Inshō Dōmoto .
Nishijin (西陣) is a district in Kyoto spanning from Kamigyō ward to Kita ward. Though it is well known as a district, there is no administractive area called "Nishijin". [ 1 ] Nishijin is notable for its textile production, and is the birthplace of nishijin-ori , a high-quality, well-known silk brocade fabric, woven with colourful silk yarn ...
Tatsumura Textile located in Nishijin in Kyoto is a centre of obi manufacture today. Founded by Heizo Tatsumura I in the 19th century, it is renowned for making some of the most luxurious obi available. [4] Amongst Tatsumura's students studying design was the later-painter Inshō Dōmoto.
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An unlined (hitoe) kimono made from tsumugi, showing soft drape.Tsumugi (紬) is a traditional slub-woven silk fabric from Japan.It is a tabby weave material woven from yarn produced using silk noil, short-staple silk fibre (as opposed to material produced using longer, filament yarn silk fibres).
Chiso Co., Ltd. is a traditional Japanese textile producer, one of the oldest yūzen coloring companies in Nishijin district of Kyoto founded in 1555. It produces many styles of kimono and the customers include the royal family members Empress Michiko , Princess Akishino , etc. [ 1 ]
The Weavers of Nishijin (西陣 （ にし じん ）, Nishijin), also known in English simply as Nishijin, [1] is a 1961 Japanese short documentary film directed by Toshio Matsumoto. [2] It starred Hideo Kanze as a Noh player. [ 3 ]
Nishijin-ori (西陣織), silk brocade using flosting yarns and gilt paper from the Nishijin district of Kyoto; Yūki-tsumugi (結城紬), a variety of tsumugi from Yūki, Ibaraki prefecture; Kumejima-tsumugi (久米島紬), a variety of tsumugi from Kumejima, Okinawa; Kagayūzen (加賀友禅), a dyeing techniwue from Kaga, Ishikawa prefecture