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"Kasuri Kimono.\r\nKumejima, Okinawa Prefecture; \r\nca. 1960.\r\n\"Kumejima kasuri dorozome ni \r\ngyoku kasuri\"\r\n(ikat, mud-dyed, 2 pattern per panel, kasuri kimono from Kumejima \r\n[an island of Okinawa Prefecture.])\r\nL.60 x W.48\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\nKumejima tsumugi (Kumejima Silk Pongee)\r\nThe stylized patterns depicted are described by the following Okinawan words: (squares) taachi busaa, (rectangles) mimichikitou \u201Cpig trough\u201D, (lattice/check) kujiri koushi, (zig zag) miji fuu \u201Cwater clouds\u201D.  \r\nThe color of this kimono is a dark brown referred to in Kumejima as \u201Ckoge cha\u201D (burnt tea), and is produced by an initial dyeing with \u201Cguru\u201D (sarutori ibara , Sumilax China) and \u201Ctechika\u201D (sharinbai, Raphilolepis Umbellata), then mud mordanting. \r\n\r\nThought to be the oldest form of tsumugi in Japan, Kumejima tsumugi production originated in the mid-15th century, and in September of 2002 was given the designation of Jyu-yo Bunka Zai (National Important Cultural Treasure) by the Japanese government. Production of the fabric and the dyeing of finished cloth is a long, complicated, and expensive process still carried on today by a few women on Kumejima Island. A custom-ordered finished kimono in today\u2019s market carries a price tag of approximately $10,000 to $20,000 US dollars, and requires a lengthy waiting period.\r\n\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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