Craft · No. 26
No. 26織物
Honba Oshima Tsumugi
本場大島紬
honba oshima tsumugi · 宮崎県
Honba Oshima Tsumugi is a prestigious Japanese silk textile produced primarily in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, celebrated for its intricate kasuri (ikat) patterns created through a distinctive mud-dyeing process, resulting in a lustrous, feather-light fabric of exceptional fineness.
- Origin
- 宮崎県
- Category
- 織物
- Materials
- Silk · テーチ木 · 泥
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
The origins of Oshima Tsumugi trace back several centuries to the island of Amami Oshima, where a distinctive silk-weaving culture developed using loc…
No. IIMaterials
No. IIITechniques
The production of Honba Oshima Tsumugi involves two principal stages—dyeing and weaving—each demanding years of mastery. To create the kasuri (ikat) p…
No. IVClimate
The production areas, particularly Amami Oshima, enjoy a warm, humid subtropical climate that supports the abundant growth of the teichi tree (sharinb…
