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Textile of the Week:Meisen-Gasuri (銘仙絣) 201219

Posted on May 10, 2012 by John Marshall

The past few blogs have dealt with a variety of forms of kasuri. As I’ve mentioned repeatedly, Japanese terms are not always easily translated directly into English. Most dictionaries define kasuri as ikat (a Malayan/Indonesian word meaning to fasten or … Continue reading →

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Textile of the Week:Tateyoko-gasuri (縦横絣) 201217/201218

Posted on March 5, 2012 by John Marshall

So far we have covered tategasuri (warp ikat 縦絣 ) and yokogasuri (weft ikat 横絣). So what happens when you combine them? This technique is simply, generically, called tateyokogasuri (warp/weft ikat 縦横絣) and allows for some of the most complex … Continue reading →

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Textile of the Week: Yoko-gasuri (横絣) 201216

Posted on January 23, 2012 by John Marshall

In much the same manner as tategasuri, portions of the threads used in yokogasuri are tied off to create blank areas of pattern. In tategasuri we know that master threads are created to represent segments of the warp pattern.  The … Continue reading →

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Textile of the Week:Tate-gasuri (縦絣) 201115

Posted on September 28, 2011 by John Marshall

The term kasuri is employed a bit casually in Japanese and may be used to make reference to the weave, in which case it may also be called ori-gasuri (織絣), or it may make reference to the dye process, in … Continue reading →

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