Gingham - gingham (English spelling)

Japanese: ギンガム - ぎんがむ(英語表記)gingham
Gingham - gingham (English spelling)

A plain-weave cotton fabric woven in a checkered pattern. Most are one color on a white background, but some are two or three colors. They are woven using relatively thin single-strand cotton threads of count 20 to 50, giving them a dense texture similar to poplin. They are dyed with naphthol and sulfur dyes, which have strong light fastness. Some say that the name gingham comes from gingang (a Malay word for checked cotton fabric) or Gingamp, the local name for a place where it was woven in France, but there is no consensus. In Japan, most are produced near Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and are widely used for summer women's and children's clothing, blouses, pajamas, etc.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

格子柄に織り出した平織の綿織物。多くは白地に1色であるが、2、3色以上のものもある。比較的細い単糸の20~50番の綿糸を使い、ポプリンのような風合いの緻密(ちみつ)に織りあげたものである。日光堅牢(けんろう)度の強いナフトール、硫化染料で染色される。ギンガムとは、格子縞(じま)の綿織物をさすgingang(マレー語)、フランスで模織した地方名のギンガンGingampからきたとするものがあるが、定説はない。わが国では、兵庫県西脇(にしわき)市付近で生産されるものが多く、夏の婦人子供服地、ブラウス、パジャマなどに広く使われる。

[角山幸洋]

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