Kamogawa Yuzen

Japanese: 加茂川友禅 - かもがわゆうぜん
Kamogawa Yuzen

…The only synthetic dyes available at the time were methyl violet, magenta, and soluble blue, but because they were much easier to handle than natural dyes, the number of users gradually increased, and the variety of dyes also increased. Hirose Jisuke (known as Biji) made color paste using synthetic dyes and applied it to kata-yuzen, and the yuzen produced using this method was called Kamogawa-zome or Kamogawa-yuzen. In 1878, Nishimura Sozaemon (Senso, 1855-1935) introduced velvet yuzen, which was yuzen dyed on velvet. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kamogawa Yuzen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…当時扱われた合成染料は紫粉(メチルバイオレット),紅粉(マゼンタ),紺粉(ソルブルブルー)にすぎなかったが,天然染料に比べて扱いがはるかに容易であったから,しだいに利用者が増え,また染料の種類も増加していった。合成染料を利用して色糊をつくり,それを型友禅に応用したのが広瀬治助(通称,備治)で,これによった友禅を加茂川染あるいは加茂川友禅と呼んだ。78年には西村総左衛門(千総,1855‐1935)によって,ビロードの上に友禅染を行ったビロード友禅が世に出た。…

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