Isesaki Meisen

Japanese: 伊勢崎銘仙 - いせさきめいせん
Isesaki Meisen

Meisen is woven near Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture. From the Kyoho era (1716-36), farmers made striped fabrics called Futoori as a side job, and the Bankin Sugiwaibukuro listed it as a production area for Namikinu silk. In the Bunsei era (1818-30), a weaving shop was established and began to rent weaving machines to farmers, and the area developed after that. The kasuri pattern in particular met the public's taste, and other production areas followed suit, and at the peak before the Second World War, the area boasted the largest production of meisen in Japan. Kasuri includes combined kasuri, weft-strip kasuri, and rare kasuri, and is woven using a combination of stencil printing and board-pressing, and many of the designs are ingenious. From the end of the war to the present, demand has decreased due to changes in lifestyle, and production has now shifted to woolen kimono fabric and silk wool kimono fabric for everyday wear, but the kasuri technique has been handed down as is.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

群馬県伊勢崎市付近で織り出される銘仙。享保(きょうほう)年間(1716~36)以後、農家の副業として太織(ふとおり)とよぶ縞物(しまもの)があり、『万金産業袋(ばんきんすぎわいぶくろ)』では次絹(なみきぬ)の産地とされていた。文政(ぶんせい)年間(1818~30)に元機屋(もとはたや)ができ、農家へ賃機を出すようになってから発展。とくに絣柄(かすりがら)は世間の好みに合致し、他の産地もこれに倣うほどで、第二次世界大戦前の最盛期には、わが国最大の銘仙生産量を誇っていた。絣には併用絣、緯総(よこそう)絣、珍(ちん)絣などがあり、型紙捺染(なっせん)、板締めを併用して織り出され、意匠面にもくふうを凝らしたものが多い。戦後から現在にかけては、生活内容の変化から需要は減少、現在では日常着のウール着尺(きじゃく)、シルクウール着尺などに生産が移行しているが、絣技法はそのまま伝承されている。

[角山幸洋]

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