Akita Hachijo

Japanese: 秋田八丈 - あきたはちじょう
Akita Hachijo

A plain-weave silk fabric woven in Akita City. It is also called Akita Hachijo Silk. The Lord of Akita, Satake-shi, encouraged Akita silk as one of the measures to promote industry and trade. During the Bunka era (1804-1818), he invited Tadenuma Jinpei from Kiryu to make Tobi Hachijo silk, dyed with the root bark of the rosehip plant. At the end of the Edo period, the market for the specialty product expanded to Edo, Kyoto and Osaka. The heyday was around 1895 (Meiji 28), and now the only Namekawa Weaving Yard that had continued in business since the early Showa period has closed, raising concerns about the succession of the technique. Using mainly rosehip and vegetable dyes, the silk is woven in stripes and checks with unique colors and textures.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

[Reference item] | Akita (city) | Kihachijo | Hachijoori

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

秋田市で織られている平織の絹織物。秋田八丈絹ともいう。秋田藩主佐竹氏が殖産興業の一つとして秋田絹を奨励、文化(ぶんか)年間(1804~1818)には桐生(きりゅう)から蓼沼甚平(たでぬまじんぺい)を招き、ハマナスの根皮を染料とする鳶(とび)八丈をつくり、幕末には特産品として江戸、京坂に販路を拡大した。最盛期は1895年(明治28)ごろで、現在は、昭和初期以来、ただ一軒続いていた滑川(なめかわ)機操場が廃業し、技術の継承が危ぶまれている。ハマナスを主に、植物染料を使い、縞(しま)、格子に、独特の色調と地合(じあ)いに織り上げる。

[角山幸洋]

[参照項目] | 秋田(市) | 黄八丈 | 八丈織

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