A thin, high-quality hemp fabric for kimono is called jofu. Nowadays, the name jofu is sometimes used for silk, cotton, and synthetic fabrics that are made to resemble hemp fabrics. The meaning of jofu does not mean high-quality cloth, but cloth used for tribute. In the Edo period, samurai's formal clothing was made of hemp fabric, and they were required to pay tribute to the shogunate due to transport taxes, so this name came to be used generally. Well-known examples include Echigo Jofu woven in the Ojiya region of Niigata Prefecture, Noto Jofu from the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Omi Jofu from Shiga Prefecture, and Satsuma Jofu from Kagoshima Prefecture. However, Satsuma Jofu is the name given when it was submitted by the feudal domain, and includes Miyako Jofu and Yaeyama Jofu. Originally bleached, it was made into plain-dyed, striped, and kasuri-patterned fabrics, and the materials used were a mix of hemp, silk, rayon, and cotton to create fabrics with a similar texture. Its thin, crisp feel is popular, and it is widely used as fabric for summer kimonos. [Kadoyama Yukihiro] ©Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau "> Miyako Jofu Dye is applied to comb-shaped pieces of wood with cloth attached, and the pieces are then printed © Shiga Prefecture Comb-press printing of Omi Jofu Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
薄地の良質な麻織物の着尺地を上布という。現在では、このような麻織物に似せてつくった絹、綿、化合繊の織物にも上布の名を使うことがある。上布の意味は、上等の布というのではなく、上納のための布ということで、江戸時代には武士の正装が麻織物であったため、運上などによりこれを上納させたので、これが一般的名称として使用されるようになった。 新潟県小千谷(おぢや)地方で織られる越後(えちご)上布、石川県能登(のと)半島の能登上布、滋賀県の近江(おうみ)上布、鹿児島県の薩摩(さつま)上布などがよく知られている。ただ薩摩上布は藩から上納するときの名称で、これには宮古(みやこ)上布、八重山(やえやま)上布が含まれる。もと晒(さら)したものであったが、無地染め、縞(しま)物、絣(かすり)物などができ、材料も麻から絹、レーヨン、綿などの交織で同様な風合いを出したものがつくられた。薄くてしゃりっとした感触が好まれ、夏季用の着尺地として広く使われる。 [角山幸洋] ©沖縄観光コンベンションビューロー"> 宮古上布 布を貼った櫛形の木片に染料をつけ、捺染する©滋賀県"> 近江上布の櫛押し捺染 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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