Kaga textiles (Kaga yuzen in Japanese) has a unique method of dyeing established around the city of Kanagawa, in the Ishikawa prefecture. The characteristic of this textile is the use of five underlying tones called kaga gosai: indig…

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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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