Image group 3: Making Kijoka bashōfu, November 1981
Scope and Contents
These images were printed from negatives stored in folders 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
They illustrate making cloth in the workshop of Taira Toshiko, master weaver and a "Living National Treasure of Japan".
The images show cutting down of bashō trees to make the fiber, processing the plant to soften the fibers, removing impurities, splitting into fibers, making yarn from the fibers, twisting the yarn, warping, tying the yarns to be dyed for ikat, weaving, and polishing the resulting cloth.
Dates
- November 1981
Language of Materials
Large portion of the material is in Japanese. Stinchecum's research notes are in both Japanese and English.
Conditions Governing Access
Please contact Special Collections; materials are sometimes restricted.
Extent
From the Collection: 8 Cubic Feet (9 boxes)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
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