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Pleated-resist & small knotted-resist over a pin in horizontal bands

Technique: Tesuji Shibori – Resisted stripes created by continuous rows, hand-pleated and bound evenly around a rope / Tsukidashi Shibori – Small circle-knotted resist, created by wrapping thread and tying a kamosage (half-hitch) knot over a blunt needle. Process illustrations are from the book Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing by Wada, Rice, and Barton. (c)1983

Pattern: Yoroidan – Stripes (literally great armor), derived from yoroi or -yoroi, a type of plated samurai armor from feudal Japan. ‘ -yoroi were visually recognizable from the horizontally striped pattern created by plated scales laced horizontally over an armor plate. The stripe design and colors of the scales often represented a samurais rank and clan.

Color: Indigo/White

Approximately 1m x 35cm (39in x 13in)

100% Cotton

Handmade in Arimatsu, Japan

Tenugui are scarf-size, all-purpose towels made of lightweight cotton, used in Japan for centuries and recently popularized and collected because of their beautiful patterns and graphic designs.

Ukiyo-e example: Yoshitoshi (Pre-1892)

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