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Yokohama, Lyon, Como_The Three Silk Cities and the Making of Meisen_The Age of Meisen 1905-1964

Posted on 2026-05-23 by tetsu

From the port of Yokohama, Japanese raw silk took two roads. One ran east across the Pacific—the modern Silk Road that carried Japanese silk to the factories of New York. The other ran north to Gunma Prefecture, where the government’s model... Read More | Share it now!

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Kasuri met Chiné silk ?_The Age of Meisen 1905-1964

Posted on 2024-08-14 by tetsu

The textile technique which became the foundation of Meisen is stripes and ikat. In the 16th century, striped fabrics flowed into Japan through trade with China, India and Southeast Asia, and became popular in the Edo period. Ikat’s technology... Read More | Share it now!

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