Okamomen - Okamomen

…The textile industry in the Kanto region began with Miura cotton in the 16th century, and cotton was cultivated mainly on the Chiba coast. Moka cotton, woven from hand-spun cotton thread, was one of the Kanto region's representative textiles, along with Ome stripes and Yuki stripes. It reached its peak around the Bunka and Tenpo periods (1804-44), when it was said that 380,000 bolts of cotton were produced annually. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oka Cotton" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…関東各地の機業は16世紀の三浦木綿に始まり，千葉海岸を中心に綿花の栽培が行われていた。手紡ぎの綿糸で織られる真岡木綿は，青梅縞，結城縞とならぶ関東の代表的な織物であった。文化～天保(1804‐44)ころが最盛期で，年間38万反ともいわれた。…

※「岡木綿」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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