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Exhibits showcasing the restoration of "Yamato-gasuri," a lost Nara specialty, during SDGs Week (September 17th - September 25th).
Period: [Exhibition Period] September 17th (Sat) - September 25th (Sun), 2022
Exhibition period: September 17th (Sat) - September 25th (Sun), 2022
Yamato Kasuri, a traditional Nara textile said to have originated in Gose City, Nara Prefecture, and which was deeply rooted in the lives of ordinary people with the area around present-day Yamato-Takada City as a major production center, was revived in 2020 by Tomohiko Kameyama, a textile artist from Ikaruga Town.
Yamato Kasuri was a cotton fabric that was widely distributed from the late Edo period to the early Showa period, and at one time it was a popular souvenir for pilgrims visiting Ise Shrine. In the early Meiji period, its reputation declined due to a deterioration in quality caused by the introduction of chemical dyes, but it was later revived thanks to efforts by Nara Prefecture as a whole. It is said that it was once considered on par with Nakano Kasuri in the east.
Until the 1970s, it was sold in department stores and other retailers, but at some point it disappeared from the market.
In conjunction with SDG Week, we are exhibiting this valuable work and hope that it will be an opportunity for many people to learn about "Yamato Kasuri," which Ms. Kameyama has restored, so that it can once again be recognized as a specialty product of Nara and become a sustainable local product.
Cross patterns and lattice patterns. Combinations of these two are representative patterns of Yamato Kasuri.
Genkuro, textile artist
Tomohiko Kameyama
Born in Ikaruga Town in 1983. After graduating from a fashion-related vocational school,
I became a dyeing and weaving intern at the Nomura Silk Museum, where I learned the entire dyeing and weaving process.
After that, he trained for five years at a workshop in Nishijin, Kyoto.
I am captivated by Yamato Kasuri, a beautiful cotton fabric adorned with indigo-dyed ikat patterns on a white background.
Restoration work began in 2017. It became independent in 2020.
"I hope that Yamato Kasuri will become known throughout Japan once again."
For inquiries regarding the restoration and exhibition of the "phantom Yamato Kasuri" textile, please contact: TEL: 0742-24-1151 (Sales Planning Department)
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