Patola

Japanese: patola
Patola

...The route of its origin and spread is unclear, but based on past exchanges in dyeing and weaving culture, it is believed to have spread from India in the west to Iran and Southern Europe, and then to China and Southeast Asia in the east, and then to the Ryukyu Islands and Japan, while the ikat in Central and South America, such as Chile and Guatemala, may have developed independently. The most representative ikats known in the world today include the silk warp ikat called patola used on Indian wedding saris, the silk velvet ikat of North India and Iran, the gorgeous silk warp ikat of Turkestan, and the cotton ikat of Indonesia. Cotton warp ikat is particularly common in Indonesia, and is used almost throughout the country. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "patola" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…発生と伝播の経路については判然としていないが,過去の染織文化の交流から,インドを中心に西はイラン地方から南ヨーロッパへ,東は中国および東南アジア,さらに琉球,日本へと伝播していき,一方チリ,グアテマラなど中南米の絣は独自に発生したものではないかと考えられている。今日知られている世界の絣で最も代表的なものを挙げると,インドの婚礼用サリーに用いられるパトラpatolaと呼ばれる絹の経緯絣,北インド,イラン地方の絹のビロード絣,トルキスタン地方の華やかな絹の経絣,そしてインドネシアの木綿絣などがある。とくにインドネシアでは木綿の経絣が最も多く,ほとんど全域で行われている。…

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