Kaga textiles (called Kaga yuzen in Japanese) has a unique method of dyeing established around the city of Kanazawa, in Ishikawa prefecture. This craft is noteworthy because of its use five underlying tones: indigo, khaki, green, dark reddish purp…

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Tokyo Some Komon is a stencil dyed textile produced in the area around the Shinjuku and Setagaya Wards in Tokyo Prefecture, which was designated as a traditional national craft in 1976. The characteristics of Tokyo Some Komon are the delicacy of t…

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Tokyo Tegaki Yuzen refers to kimono woven fabric produced in Shinjuku Ward, Nerima Ward and Nakano Ward, Tokyo. With an outgrowth of townsmen culture in Edo (current Tokyo), it is characterized by its consummate expressions of the Edo idea of styl…

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