結城紬 Yuuki-tsumugi Yuki-tsumugi
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Yuki-tsumugi manufactured in and around Yuki City, Ibaragi Pref. is the oldest and most expensive tsumugi (the high-class silk fabrics) in Japan. It was designated as the important intangible cultural heritage in 1956. Its history dates back to the Nara period (710−794). In the Kamakura period it was called Hitachi-tsumugi but it changed the name when the craft received the patronage of the local lord of Yuki. The name of Yuki tsumugi became very popular all through the country when the warriors in the Edo period favored its fine-striped tsumugi. The craft was developed in the modern era and the highest quality of tsumugi was possible due to the progress in **. Yuki tsumugi is light and warm. As you wear it longer, it will more rightly fit in your body. The making of it is divided into many procedures but from its simple appearance we can’t imagine that ingenious master skills are hidden behind it.
- address
- 2358 Fukura, Oyama-shi, Tochigi, 323-0155 (Tochigi Tsumugi Fabric Instruction Office)
- contact
- Tochigi Yuki-tsumugi fabric cooperative
- phone
- 0285-49-2430