Shuchin - Shuchin

Japanese: 繻珍 - しゅちん

Also written as shuchin, this is a type of woven fabric with a pattern woven into a satin weave. It was formerly written as shichisai, as the pattern is created using seven or more colored weft threads in a satin or twill weave. Chinese techniques began to be adopted at the end of the Muromachi period, and it was highly valued especially in the early Edo period and was given as a gift by upper class people. It is used for maru obi and haori linings.

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Japanese:

朱珍とも記し，繻子組織の地に紋様を織り出した練り織物。7色以上の絵緯 (えぬき) 糸を用いて繻子や斜文組織で紋柄を表わしたところから，昔は七彩とも書いた。室町時代末に中国の技法を取入れるようになり，特に江戸時代初期に大いに珍重され上流社会の贈答品とされた。丸帯や羽織裏として用いる。

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