Japanese history

Yuzen technique is named after Miyazaki Yuzen Sai (1650-1736), a legendary artisan from Kyoto. To dye fabrics, he used fan dyeing technique. It is possible to create fabrics as graceful, beautiful and rich as ancient embroidered silk fabrics, but less expensive. Woodblock Print by Tomimaro ...

Shibori — this is how Japanese pronounce this word! Jap. 絞り染め, dyeing by binding is one of the world's oldest fabric dyeing technology. The earliest specimens of fabrics, painted this way, existing in Japan, belong to the 8th century!  Until the 20th century Japan ...