(■1) Kyou-kechi (Kyou-kechi)

Japanese: (■1)纈(夾纈) - きょうけち

It is a type of pattern dyeing, and together with "koukechi" and "roukechi", it is one of the most representative dyeing techniques of the Nara period. Because of the meaning of the word "koukechi", it was thought to be a technique of sandwich dyeing, or today's "itajime dyeing", but the details of the technique were unknown until recently. However, in 1972, Alfred Bühler reported two thick stencils that were thought to have been used for the same type of dyeing as koukechi, which are kept at the Calico Museum in Ahmedabad, India, and the technique of koukechi was almost clarified.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

模様染の一種で，〈纐纈（こうけち）〉〈﨟纈（ろうけち）〉と共に奈良時代の染色を代表するものの一つ。〈夾〉という語意から，挟み染，すなわち今日の〈板締め染〉の技法によるものであろうと考えられていたが，最近までその技術の詳細は不明であった。しかし1972年アルフレッド･ビューラーによって，インド，アフマダーバードのキャリコ博物館に所蔵される，纐纈と同種の染色に用いられたと思われる2枚の厚い型板が報告され，纈の技術もほぼ明らかにされた。

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