Craft · No. 35
No. 35織物
Yaeyama Minsa
八重山ミンサー
yaeyama minsa · 沖縄県
Yaeyama Minsa is a traditional cotton textile from the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture. It is distinguished by its bold striped patterns featuring a characteristic alternating motif of five and four ikat (kasuri) squares, traditionally rich in symbolic meaning.
- Origin
- 沖縄県
- Category
- 織物
- Materials
- Cotton · Indigo
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
Yaeyama Minsa is a traditional narrow cotton sash textile handed down through the Yaeyama Islands of southwestern Okinawa, including Ishigaki and Take…
No. IIMaterials
No. IIITechniques
Yaeyama Minsa is woven using traditional ground looms (jibata) or high looms (takabata). The defining technique is kasuri (ikat), in which threads are…
No. IVClimate
The Yaeyama Islands enjoy a subtropical climate with warm temperatures and high humidity year-round. These conditions naturally favored the use of bre…
