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This book is a sample book of weaving in each house called Shimachou.

 

In the old times, Japanese weavers cut their woven small textiles into small pieces and kept them in a book like this so that the same pattern could be folded in subsequent years.

 

This one has mainly indigo-dyed Kasuri pasted on it for about 27 pages and reconstructed from used paper. Perhaps it was made over 100 years ago.  

 

Kasuri is a Japanese textile technique where threads are resist-dyed before weaving to create patterns with a distinctive blurred effect. Both warp and weft threads can be dyed to form intricate designs, commonly seen in traditional Japanese clothing like kimonos.

 

Measures: 19cm×14cm (7.4in ×5.5in)

Vintage Japanese Shimacho weaving sample book

$270.00Price

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