Meisen - Meisen

Japanese: 銘仙 - めいせん
Meisen - Meisen

Silk fabric. A type of thick weave (woven with thick woven thread) that has been produced since the Edo period in Chichibu, Bushu (Saitama Prefecture) and Isesaki, Joshu (Gunma Prefecture). It was widely used as a practical fabric, mainly in plain or striped patterns. Especially after the Tenpo ban at the end of the Edo period, it gained a wide demand among the common people, and after the Meiji period, ingenuity was added to the pattern processing, and in addition to stripes, large-scale picture-patterned ikat was created by printing, discharge printing, and unraveling, and was widely used for kimono fabric, futon fabric, etc. The main production areas were Chichibu and Isesaki, but also Kiryu, Ashikaga, Hachioji, and other places. However, in recent years, people have stopped wearing kimonos as everyday wear, and with the advent of synthetic fibers and wool, kimonos have almost disappeared.

[Yamabe Tomoyuki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

絹織物。武州(埼玉県)の秩父(ちちぶ)や上州(群馬県)の伊勢崎(いせさき)地方で江戸時代からつくられていた太織(ふとおり)(太い練り糸を用いて織った織物)の一種。無地または縞(しま)を主とした実用的なものとして一般に広く用いられた。ことに幕末の天保(てんぽう)の禁令以後は庶民階級の間に広い需要層をもつに至り、明治以後は模様加工にくふうが加えられて、縞柄のほかに捺染(なっせん)、抜染(ばっせん)、解(ほぐ)しなどによって大柄な絵模様絣(がすり)がつくられ、着尺(きじゃく)、ふとん地などとして盛んに用いられた。産地は秩父、伊勢崎が主で、ほかに桐生(きりゅう)、足利(あしかが)、八王子などでもつくられたが、近年は一般に普段着に和服を着ることが少なくなり、そのうえ化繊、ウール地の出現によって、ほとんど影を没してしまった。

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