Kudzu cloth

Japanese: 葛布 - くずふ
Kudzu cloth

A woven fabric made from the bast fibers of a legume plant called kudzu, kudzu vine, or makuzu, which is one of the seven herbs of autumn.

These kudzu vines are boiled, soaked in running water, fermented in green grass, beaten repeatedly in water, and exposed to sunlight and air to turn into fibers. Originally, kudzu was used for both the warp and weft, and it was used for clothing and soil sifting, but nowadays cotton or silk is used for the warp threads, and kudzu is used only for the weft threads.

It is often used for covering sliding doors, walls, and decorative materials. Its production in the Kakegawa area of ​​Shizuoka Prefecture has been famous since the Edo period, but it was also woven in Saji, Karatsu City.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

"Kudzu Cloth Book" by Tonomura Yoshinosuke (1938, Japan Folk Crafts Association)""Kudzu Production Record" by Okura Nagatsune (included in "Japanese Science Classics Collection 11", 1944, Asahi Shimbun)""Sashi's Kudzu Cloth" by Noma Yoshio (1965, private edition)

Kudzu cloth
Fabric woven from fibers of the stems of kudzu. Used for sliding doors, wall coverings, and decorative materials. ©Shogakukan ">

Kudzu cloth


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

クズ、クズカズラ、マクズなどとよぶ、秋の七草の一つにあげられる、マメ科植物の靭皮(じんぴ)繊維からつくられた織物。

 このクズつるを煮たのち、流水につけ、青草の中で発酵させ、水中で幾度も打ち、日光と空気中にさらして繊維とする。もともと経緯(たてよこ)ともクズを使って織り、衣料や土ふるい用として使っていたが、現在では、経糸には木綿または絹を使い、緯糸にだけクズを用いている。

 用途としては、襖(ふすま)張り、壁張り、表装地などに多く用いられている。静岡県掛川市付近の生産は江戸時代から著名であるが、唐津(からつ)市佐志(さじ)でも織られていた。

[角山幸洋]

『外村吉之介著『葛布帳』(1938・日本民芸協会)』『大蔵永常著『製葛録』(『日本科学古典全書11』所収・1944・朝日新聞社)』『野間吉夫著『佐志の葛布』(1965・私家版)』

葛布
クズの茎の繊維を用いて織った布。襖張り、壁張り、表装地などに用いられる©Shogakukan">

葛布


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