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【Description】 Title Ichiku Tsujigahana Famous Collection by Ichiku Kubota Publication year 1982
This book is a collection of Kimonos dyed by Ichiku Kubota.Kubota's Inspiration has been a type of dye called Tsujigahana,which was widely used in japan from the middle of the Muromachi period until the Momoyama period,but was soon completely replaced by the Yuzen dyes of the Edo period.Tsujigahana was basically an elegant form of tie-dyeing,supplemented here and there with hand-painted designs and embroidery. Instead of trying merely to duplicate Tsujigahana works that have been preserved,Ichiku Kubota has developed a modern version of his own,suited to contemporary use.
Tsuji-ga-hana may be defined as “what is used on the premise of tie-dyeing with drawing pictures, impressing foil, and embroidering”. It has disappeared suddenly,so they are often called phantasmal Tsujigahana.
Ichiku Kubota Mr.Kubota,who had been in the field of hand painted YUZEN textiles,was profoudly moved by the exhaustive medieval beauty of the small fragment of ancient textile of TSUJIGAHANA called the "phantasmal dyeing technique"in the collection of he Tokyo National Museum.It was then that he determined to recreate this dyeing technique one day.
Please see the following page. Ichiku Kubota Art Museum He is a leading experts on Tsujigahana.
It contains approx fabulous 68 works by Ichiku Kubota.Each Tsujigahana in this book has its own name.Even if you don't understand Japanese,you will enjoy this book through many photos.
If you are interested in Tsujigahana,this book would be a great collection for you!
【CONDITION】 This book was published 26 years ago.So slight yellowing and slight stains on the cover and pages.But it is in very good condition overall. Please see the photos to confirm the condition of this book
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