Bingo Kasuri

Japanese: 備後絣 - びんごかすり
Bingo Kasuri

Cotton kasuri is produced in the area of ​​Fukuyama City and Fuchu City in Hiroshima Prefecture. In 1853 (Kaei 6), Tomita Kyusaburo invented a method of manufacturing kasuri threads that use bamboo bark wrapping to prevent dyeing, and Igeta kasuri was created. Later, imported spun yarn was used and commercialized under the names Karaito kasuri, Ariji kasuri, Taniseko kasuri, and Bunkyu kasuri. In the early Meiji period, it was shipped to Osaka under the new name Bingo kasuri, and by the end of the Meiji period, annual production had reached 440,000 bolts. In 1891 (Meiji 24), machine binding was invented, and by introducing the techniques of Kurume kasuri, picture kasuri was also produced. The dyeing process used to be natural indigo, but from the 1920s they started using chemical dyes, and from 1935 they started using power looms, and as a result of mechanization and rationalization, the area has become Japan's largest kasuri production area. The kasuri patterns are woven in a vertical and horizontal pattern on a navy blue background, and range from simple geometric patterns to picture kasuri, but there are also colored kasuri patterns. Originally, the kasuri was made from cotton and was used as everyday wear and work clothes for farmers, but as demand decreased, many businesses have switched to wool and silk fabrics.

[Kadoyama Yukihiro]

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Bingo Kasuri
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Bingo Kasuri


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

広島県福山市、府中市の一帯に産する木綿絣。1853年(嘉永6)富田久三郎によって、竹の皮巻で防染する絣糸の製法が考案され、井桁(いげた)絣が製作された。その後、輸入の紡績糸を使い、唐糸(からいと)絣、有地(ありじ)絣、谷迫(たにせこ)絣、また文久(ぶんきゅう)絣と称して商品化された。明治初年、新しく備後絣の名で大阪へ出荷、明治末には年産44万反までに達した。1891年(明治24)には、機械括(くく)りが発明され、また久留米(くるめ)絣の技法を導入して、絵絣も生産された。染色は天然藍(あい)であったが、1920年代からは化学染料を用い、35年からは力織機を使用するなど、機械化・合理化を進め、日本最大の絣生産地となった。絣は紺地に経緯(たてよこ)絣で、簡単な幾何文から絵絣まで織り出しているが、色絣もある。もとは木綿絣で農家の普段着、作業衣となったが、需要の減少とともに、業者の多くはウール・絹織物に転じている。

[角山幸洋]

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