Tanba cloth

Japanese: 丹波布 - たんばぬの

This is a loosely woven striped cotton fabric made with hand-spun cotton yarn and silk threads mixed in with the filaments. It was woven in Saji, Aogaki-cho, Hikami-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, and was called Saji Cotton, but from the end of the Taisho period to the beginning of the Showa period, folk artists renamed it Tamba-fu. All fabrics are dyed using vegetable dyes, with stripes and checkered patterns consisting mainly of brown, indigo, green, gray, and yellow. The elegance of the matching of the shape and color of the threads is well-known, and it is popular for bedding, cushions, and folk crafts. It fell into disuse around the end of the Meiji period due to the influence of spun yarn textiles, but it was restored around 1955 and production continues, mainly through the preservation society.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

手紡綿糸を使い，筋糸に絹糸を入れてざっくりと織った綿縞織物。兵庫県氷上郡青垣町佐治（さじ）で織られ佐治木綿と呼ばれていたが，大正末～昭和初期に民芸家たちによって丹波布と名づけられた。すべて植物染料を用い，茶を主体に藍と緑，ねずみ，黄で構成する縞，格子柄である。糸の形状と色調が合致した風雅さは定評があり，夜具，座布団（ざぶとん）や民芸品として好まれている。明治末期ごろ，紡績糸織物の影響で影をひそめたが，1955年ころから復元され保存会を中心に生産が続けられている。

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