“This is not silk!” — The moment a woman in Mexico opened the box
Behind a customer's complaint, the story of a vintage meisen haori from Japan — silk woven from waste cocoons (tsumugi), once worn by ordinary women in the earl...
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The government-operated model silk mill_The Age of Meisen 1905-1964
The National Yarn Factory was established in Tomioka, Gumma in 1872. It is the Japanese first full-scale machine spinning factory. The Meiji state had begun to put in place the infrastructure of a capitalist industrial economy by the early 1880s. Then,... Read More | Share it now!
Modern Silk Roads_The Age of Meisen 1905-1964
The Peak production of cocoons in Japan was around 1930.The rural areas of northern and western Tokyo became influential production areas. Agrarian society played a critical role in the economic transformation of Meiji(1868-192) Japan. It was a vital... Read More | Share it now!