Kinsha Chirimen

Japanese: 錦紗縮緬 - きんしゃちりめん

A type of crepe, a representative silk fabric. It is used for plain dyeing, Yuzen dyeing, wax dyeing, etc. for long juban, kimono length, feather length, and Japanese accessories. The warp threads are plain woven with raw silk. The weft threads are very tightly twisted more than 3,500 times per meter, and two right-handed and left-handed twists are woven alternately into the fabric. After being refined and the sericin is removed, the fabric shrinks and the surface becomes uneven, creating a "shibori"-like texture, resulting in a white fabric. Because the warp threads are made of thin threads and have a high density, it feels as if the warp threads cover the weft threads, and the "shibori" is small and soft, giving it a fine, elegant texture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

絹織物を代表するちりめんの一種。長じゅばん，着尺，羽尺や和装小物に無地染，友禅染，ろう染などの加工をして使われる。経糸は生糸で平織。緯糸は1mに3500回以上のひじょうに強い撚りをかけ，右撚りと左撚りを2本交互に織り込んで織り上げた後，精練しセリシンを除去すると生地が縮んで表面に凹凸が生じ，〈しぼ〉状となり白生地ができ上がる。細糸使いで経糸の密度が多いため，経糸が緯糸をおおうような感じがあり，〈しぼ〉は小さく柔らかで品質優美な地風が特徴である。

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