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  2. Tsutsugaki - Wikipedia

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    Curtain in hemp and cotton with tsutsugaki dip-dyed in indigo and brushed sumi ink.Meiji period, Honolulu Museum of Art. Tsutsugaki (筒描) is a Japanese technique of resist dyeing that involves drawing rice-paste designs on cloth, dyeing the cloth, and then washing off the paste.

  3. Indigo dye - Wikipedia

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    Indigo, historical dye collection of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. The oldest known fabric dyed indigo, dated to 6,000 years ago, was discovered in Huaca Prieta, Peru. [9] Many Asian countries, such as India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asian nations have used indigo as a dye (particularly for silk) for centuries.

  4. Shibori - Wikipedia

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    A section of kumo shibori (spider shibori) dyed with indigo, next to kumo shibori that has not been dyed yet. Shibori (しぼり/絞り, from the verb root shiboru – "to wring, squeeze or press" [1]: 7 ) is a Japanese manual tie-dyeing technique, which produces a number of different patterns on fabric.

  5. Boro (textile) - Wikipedia

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    Saki-ori fabric is woven from indigo-dyed fabric strips. Saki-ori was historically woven from old kimono cut into strips roughly 1 centimetre (0.39 in), with one obi requiring roughly three old kimono to make. [8] Historically, garments, such as vests, might be made from saki-ori.

  6. Sashiko - Wikipedia

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    ' little stabs ') is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton thread and the abundant nature of cheap, indigo -dyed blue cloth in historical Japan, sashiko has a distinctive appearance of white-on ...

  7. Kogin-zashi - Wikipedia

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    This enabled the use of cotton in clothing for everyone in the former holdings of the Tsugaru, and embroidering dyed indigo cloth with white cotton thread became more common. As the access to materials increased, competition to design the most beautiful patterns rose, with an estimate of over 300 different kogin-zashi patterns being created.

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