Needle - Ohari

...Cutting Japanese clothes. It is also called "needle stitching," "tailoring," or "sewing." It is said that the delicate sewing techniques we see today began around the beginning of the Edo period, when short-sleeved kimonos became established.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "needle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…和服の裁ち縫い。〈お針〉〈仕立て〉〈裁縫〉ともいう。今日のような繊細な縫い方が行われるようになったのは，小袖が定着した江戸初期ころという。…

※「お針」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報