Color Oshima - Color Oshima

Japanese: 色大島 - いろおおしま
Color Oshima - Color Oshima

…Production was temporarily halted during World War II, but the return of the Amami Islands to the mainland in 1953 marked a new opportunity for technological innovation and research and development of new designs. This resulted in the development of intricately detailed weaving with all-over mosquito kasuri patterns, colored oshima, multi-colored oshima dyed using techniques such as rubbing and discharge printing, and white oshima. Oshima tsumugi comes in many varieties, including warp kasuri, weft kasuri, and warp kasuri. Mud dyeing, in which the thread is soaked in a decoction of techigi (Japanese name: Sharinbai), then mordanted in muddy water with a high iron content to produce a dark brown color, is a traditional technique that is still passed down today. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iro Oshima" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…第2次大戦中生産は一時中絶したが,1953年奄美群島が本土復帰をしたのを契機に再び種々の技術革新や意匠の研究開発が行われた。その結果総蚊絣文様による精巧緻密な製織,色大島,摺込み抜染技術などによる多色染大島,あるいは白大島の開発などをみるにいたった。大島紬は経絣,緯絣,経緯絣と種類も多く,またテーチギ(和名シャリンバイ)の煎汁液に糸を浸し,鉄分の多い泥水につけて媒染し,焦茶色に発色させる泥染は伝統的な技法として今日も受けつがれている。…

※「色大島」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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