Kiryu Textiles - Kiryu Textiles

Japanese: 桐生織物 - きりゅうおりもの
Kiryu Textiles - Kiryu Textiles

A general term for textiles produced in and around Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture. Today, Kiryu is famous as a comprehensive textile production area along with Nishijin in Kyoto, but its development began in 1600 (Keicho 5), when silk was presented as a flag for the Tokugawa side at the Battle of Sekigahara. Then, during the Genbun era (1736-1741), Yabei and Kichibei brought takahata looms from Nishijin, and the area saw rapid development. After Iwase Kichibei invented the twisting eight-claw wheel for tightly twisting yarn in 1783 (Tenmei 3), crepe and the representative product, omeshi, began to be woven. The introduction of modern technology led to further development, with the purchase of a power loom in 1872 (Meiji 5) and a jacquard loom in 1877 from Nishijin. Even after the Second World War, the company continued to actively produce a variety of items, including machine embroidery, for export, and continues to do so to this day.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

群馬県桐生市および周辺で生産されている織物の総称。桐生は今日、京都の西陣(にしじん)とともに織物の総合産地として有名であるが、その発展の端緒は、1600年(慶長5)の関ヶ原の戦いに、徳川方の旗絹として献上したことである。そして元文(げんぶん)年間(1736~41)に弥兵衛、吉兵衛が西陣から高機(たかはた)をもたらしてからは、急激に発展をみることになる。1783年(天明3)に岩瀬吉兵衛によって、強撚糸(きょうねんし)をかけるための撚糸八丁車が考案されてからは、縮緬(ちりめん)や代表的製品であるお召が織られるようになった。1872年(明治5)には力織機、77年にはジャカード機を西陣から購入するなど、近代技術を導入して、いっそうの発展をみることになった。第二次世界大戦後もミシン刺しゅうなど、輸出向けも含めてさまざまなものを盛んに織り出し、現在に至っている。

[角山幸洋]

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