Craft · No. 22
No. 22織物
Yumihama Kasuri
弓浜絣
yumihama kasuri · 鳥取県
Yumihama Kasuri is a cotton ikat textile produced on the Yumigahama Peninsula in Tottori Prefecture. It is renowned for its intricate pictorial ikat (e-gasuri) patterns in deep indigo blue on a white ground.
- Origin
- 鳥取県
- Category
- 織物
- Materials
- Cotton · Indigo
- Designation
- Nat'l Traditional Craft
No. IHistory
Yumihama Kasuri developed in the Yumigahama Peninsula of western Tottori Prefecture, where cotton cultivation flourished during the late Edo period. F…
No. IIMaterials
No. IIITechniques
The most critical technique in Yumihama Kasuri production is kasuri-kukuri, a resist-binding method in which selected sections of both warp and weft t…
No. IVClimate
The Yumigahama Peninsula faces the Sea of Japan and features sandy soil and a relatively mild coastal climate that once made it well suited for cotton…
