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Yonaguni brocade Yonaguni ori
- Woven textiles
- Okinawa
Yonaguni Brocade, called Yonaguni Ori in Japanese, is a textile produced in Yonaguni-cho, Yaeyama Gun, Okinawa Prefecture. The characteristic of Yonaguni Ori is the simple beauty of the textile that is dyed and woven by hand in the distinctive cli…
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Yuki tsumugi silk Yuki tsumugi
- Woven textiles
- Ibaraki
Yuki tsumugi silk is produced principally in the reaches of the Kinugawa River that straddles the Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures. The Japanese name Yuki tsumugi comes from the name of a feudal lord during the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Yuki. Al…
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Yumihama traditional resist-dyed textiles Yumihama gasuri
- Woven textiles
- Tottori
Yumihama traditional resist-dyed textiles (called Yumihama gasuri in Japanese) is produced near the city of Sakaiminato, Tottori prefecture. The name comes from Yumigahama, which is a curved shore that stretches for more than twenty kilometers (ab…
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Yuntanza minsa Yomitanzan minsa
- Woven textiles
- Okinawa
Yuntanza Minsa is a textile produced in the region around Yomitanson, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa prefecture. Min means "cotton" and sa means "narrow belt". Narrow belts were made in various regions in Okinawa from ancient times. Bas…
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