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Here is a Japanese indigo/white kimono with capped petals in the flowers. Boshi means hat or maybe cap in Japanese and is their term for this kind of shibori.

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INDIGO SHIBORI COTTON YUKATA AKITA, LATE 19C/EARLY 20C, UNUSEDTECHNIQUES: BOSHI AND ORI-NUIPATTERN: PEONIES AND LATTICE

The lines or lattice is made by ori-nui shibori, or hand stitching on a fold.

Posted by Karren on July 14, 2006 10:20 AM |


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