Gold cloth - Kanakin

Japanese: 金巾 - かなきん
Gold cloth - Kanakin

It is said to be derived from the Portuguese word canequine, and has been used to refer to cotton fabrics imported from the south in the 15th and 16th centuries. It generally refers to a thin plain-woven fabric made from 30-40 count cotton yarn. Fine count yarns (40 count or more) that are bleached, starched, and rolled are called calico or cambric. There are two-width, medium-width, and three-width gold cloths depending on the width (one width is about 1 shaku (1 shaku) = about 38 cm), and depending on the processing, there are bleached gold cloths, colored gold cloths, and sarasa gold cloths (referring to printed gold cloths). These are widely used as clothing, and white tabi socks and kappogi (aproximity apron) have been well known since ancient times, and narrower widths have been used as moss linings for Japanese clothing. Nowadays, there is a strong trend towards luxury fabrics, and the fabric is now shifting to broadcloth, which is often used for sheet fabrics.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ポルトガル語のカネキンcanequineから出たことばといわれ、15、16世紀ごろに南方から舶来された綿織物をさすことから使われてきた。一般には30~40番手の綿糸で平織にした薄織物をさす。とくに細番手(40番手以上のもの)で、漂白したのち糊(のり)付け加工・ロール(圧延)加工したものをキャリコ(キャラコ)、キャンブリックとよんでいる。種類は、幅の広狭によって二幅、並幅、三幅金巾(一幅とは鯨(くじら)1尺=約38センチメートル)などや、加工によって晒(さらし)金巾、色金巾、更紗(さらさ)金巾(捺染(なっせん)金巾のことをさす)などがある。これらは衣料として広く用いられ、白足袋(たび)、割烹着(かっぽうぎ)などは古くからよく知られ、小幅のものはモス裏として和服の裏地に使われてきた。現在では高級化の指向が強く、ブロード地へ移行しており、シーツ地によく使われている。

[角山幸洋]

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