Yonezawa Textiles - Yonezawa Textiles

Japanese: 米沢織物 - よねざわおりもの

A general term for textiles produced in the areas of Yonezawa City, Nagai City, and Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County, Yamagata Prefecture. It is said that the area already had a track record of producing silk floss and tsumugi silk when Uesugi clan regent Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu was lord of the domain in 1598 (Keicho 3). In 1767 (Meiwa 4), feudal lord Uesugi Harunori (Takayama) drew up a policy to promote industry in order to restore the domain's government, encouraging the cultivation of mulberry, paper mulberry, and ramie in the Nagai region. In 1776 (An'ei 5), a chijimishi (a craftsman who makes silk crepe fabrics) was invited from Ojiya in Echigo, who set up a manufacturing facility and had the skills passed down to the children of the household.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山形県米沢市，長井市，西置賜郡白鷹町一帯で生産される織物の総称。1598年(慶長3)に上杉氏の執政，直江山城守兼続が領主のとき，すでに真綿や紬の生産の実績があったという。1767年(明和4)，藩主上杉治憲(鷹山)は藩政立直しのために殖産振興策を立て，長井地方に桑，コウゾ，チョマ(苧麻)の栽培を奨励した。76年(安永5)には越後の小千谷から縮師（ちぢみし）を呼び，製造所を作って家中の子女に技術を伝えさせた。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: Yonezawa Domain

>>: Yonezawa [city] - Yonezawa