{"id":88,"date":"2014-02-24T21:14:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T12:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2015-12-02T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T05:19:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/koubou\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Chusen Tenugui"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6jzj3oAo0A?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How to make Japanese Tenugui by chusen method.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1.Katagami<br \/>\n2.Kata-tsuke(Nor-ioki)<br \/>\n3.Isshoku-zome<br \/>\n4.Sashiwake-zome<br \/>\n5.Bokashi-zome<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tenugui&#8217; is a type of traditional Japanese hand towel made from bleached thin cotton cloth with the size of about 35cm wide x 90cm long.<br \/>\nThere are so many varieties in term of pattern, color and also usage such as for wiping, covering, wrapping, display and etc.<\/p>\n<p>The word &#8216;Tenugui&#8217; was found as &#8216;Tanogohi&#8217; in the documents written during Heian period (AD 794-1192). &#8216;Ta&#8217; means hands and &#8216;nogohi&#8217; means wipe. It was used for wiping body, covering, and wrapping purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Though Tenugui had been used since long time ago in Japan, it became more popular in the beginning of Edo period(1592-1868) and mass manufacturing started at the same time. This was due to the domestic production of raw cotton and tenugui was widely used in daily life such as a bath towel at the public bath &#8216;Sento&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Tenugui is popularized as an interior item or a piece of fashion accessory.<\/p>\n<p>The dyeing technique called (*)&#8217;Naga-ita chugata zome&#8217; has been improved at the beginning of Meiji period, and the &#8216;Chusen&#8217; technique has been used for mass production. Those &#8216;yukata&#8217; (summer kimono) and\/or tenugui which use &#8216;chusen&#8217; dyeing technique are being known as &#8216;Tokyo honzome&#8217;, especially in Kanto area.<br \/>\n(*)Naga-ita (long board) chugata (mid-size stencil) zome (dyeing)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2666 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00365.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00365\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00365-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Chusen&#8217; can create varieties of patterns, motifs by using different techniques.<br \/>\nThe signature of Chusen is the ability to produce patterns\/motifs on both sides, as the dye infiltrates the fabric.<\/p>\n<p>Especially, the technique called &#8216;Sashi-wake zome&#8217;, which can dye fabric in many colors by using only a single piece of stencil, is known as a very unique dyeing technique in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Besides that, the technique called &#8216;Bokashi zome&#8217; can produce gradation effect at the same time through high standard of craftsmanship.<br \/>\nChusen-dyeing process involves application of traditional Japanese techniques and method.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00367.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2667 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00367.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00367\" width=\"531\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00367.jpg 531w, https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC00367-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/process.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2664\" src=\"http:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/process.jpg\" alt=\"process\" width=\"595\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/process.jpg 595w, https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/process-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/process-541x1024.jpg 541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to make Japanese Tenugui by chusen method. 1.Katagami 2.Kata-tsuke(Nor-ioki) 3.Isshoku-zome 4.Sashiwake-zo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-koubou.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5438,"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/5438"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/souzou-kan.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}