Craft · No. 43
No. 43染色品
Kaga Yuzen
加賀友禅
kaga yuzen · 石川県
Kaga Yuzen is a hand-painted silk dyeing craft centered in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. Renowned for its naturalistic floral motifs, subdued yet rich color palette, and the distinctive "insect-eaten leaf" technique, it stands as one of Japan's most celebrated kimono textile traditions.
- Origin
- 石川県
- Category
- 染色品
- Materials
- Silk · 米糊 · Gold
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
The roots of Kaga Yuzen lie in the rich textile culture that flourished under the Kaga Domain in Kanazawa. During the mid-Edo period, the dyeing techn…
No. IIMaterials
No. IIITechniques
Kaga Yuzen involves numerous sequential stages: sketching the design onto fabric, applying rice-paste resist lines (itome), hand-painting with dyes, s…
No. IVClimate
Ishikawa Prefecture's Sea of Japan climate brings abundant rainfall, snowfall, and persistently high humidity — conditions that stabilize dye absorpti…
