Limited embroidery - Kugenshishu

Japanese: 区限刺繡 - くげんししゅう
Limited embroidery - Kugenshishu

…A general term for the technique of embroidering along the threads of a coarse plain weave craft fabric (canvas). It is also called canvas embroidery or section embroidery, and in America it is called needle point. Representative techniques of this technique include the ancient petit point (tent stitch) and gross point (cross stitch), in which the threads of the base fabric are picked up and embroidered vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, so that the pattern is constructed along the weave, and when the entire fabric is embroidered, it looks like woven fabric. …

From [Embroidery]

..."Shi" means to sew with a needle, and "Su" means to add color to a garment. In other words, thread is threaded through a needle and stitched from the front and back of the fabric, and pictorial designs or patterns are embroidered on the front or both sides of the fabric using various techniques. In the narrow sense, it refers to colored thread embroidery, and is the most basic technique of embroidery. In English, it is called embroidery or needle work. Variations include white thread embroidery, black thread embroidery, shadow embroidery, canvas work, embroidery that uses ribbons, cords, beads, spangles, etc. instead of thread, net embroidery that uses lace-like material with gaps instead of cloth, and tulle embroidery. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "kugen embroidery" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…粗い平織の手芸用布(キャンバス)の織糸にそってししゅうする技法の総称。キャンバス・エンブロイダリー,区限ししゅうともいい,アメリカではニードル・ポイントneedle pointという。この技法は,古くからあるプチ・ポアン(テント・ステッチ),グロ・ポアン(クロス・ステッチ)などが代表的な刺し方で,土台布の織糸をすくって縦,横,斜めの方向に刺すので,図柄は織り目にそって構成され,布全体を刺すと織物風になる。…

【刺繡】より

…〈刺〉は針で縫うこと,〈繡〉は衣に采(いろどり)を施すこと,つまり,糸を針にとおして布地の表と裏から刺し,布の表面または表と裏の両面に,糸で絵画的な図柄や文様などをいろいろな技法で刺しあらわすことで,狭義には色糸刺繡を指し,刺繡の中で最も基本になる技法である。英語でエンブロイダリーembroidery,ニードル・ワークneedle workなどという。そのバリエーションには白糸刺繡,黒糸刺繡,シャドー刺繡,キャンバス・ワークなどや,糸の代りにリボン,コード,ビーズ,スパングルなどを使う刺繡,布の代りにすきまのあるレース状のものに刺すネット刺繡,チュール刺繡などがある。…

※「区限刺繡」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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