Kukuri Kasuri - Kukuri Kasuri

Japanese: 括り絣 - くくりがすり

…The main feature of ikat is that it is woven using ikat threads that have been dyed according to the pattern. The simplest technique for making ikat threads is the so-called knotted ikat, or ikat technique. Depending on how the ikat threads are used, they are divided into (1) warp ikat, (2) weft ikat, (3) warp and weft ikat (where the warp and weft ikat threads form separate patterns), and (4) double ikat (where the warp and weft ikat threads overlap to form a single pattern). Furthermore, ikat with the ikat threads hanging down as they are, as seen in the loincloths of primitive people, is called (5) proto-ikat. …

From [Kasuri]

...The techniques used to make kasuri thread range from simple resist-dyeing techniques such as tying and binding to textile printing.
[How to make Kasuri thread]
(1)〈Kukuri Kasuri〉 A method of preventing dyeing by tying with thread. This is the most basic technique that has been used since ancient times.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kutsubori Kasuri" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…絣はあらかじめ文様にしたがって染め分けた絣糸を用いて織ることが大きな特徴である。その絣糸を作る最も素朴な技法がいわゆる〈括り絣〉，つまりイカットの技法である。絣糸の用い方によって，(1)経絣（たてがすり）warp ikat，(2)緯絣（よこがすり）weft ikat，(3)経および緯絣warp and weft ikat(経と緯の絣糸が別個の文様を構成するもの)，(4)経緯絣（たてよこがすり）double ikat(経と緯の絣糸の重なりによって一つの模様が構成されるもの)に分けられ，さらに未開人の腰蓑などに見られるような，絣糸をそのまま垂らした状態のものを，(5)プロト(原)･イカットproto‐ikatと称する。…