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Japanese dye-work called "Bingata." Image is of Japanese iris, water lilies, rippling water surrounded by teal border with cream detail top and bottom. In a wood frame stained a mahogany color.
Label on back: Bingata Dye-Work "Bingata" is a characteristic dye-work of Ryukyus. It is said that the origin dates back to 400 years ago and is also correlated to the history of Sarasa (printed cotton) introduced from countries of South Asia and of Yuzen (printed mousseline) originating in northern countries.
However, though this "Bingata" dye-work has brought forth more beautiful and more gorgeous colors and patterns, together with the technical skill to work out. People always say that no women in any country have ever made more beautiful dresses than Bingata of Ryukyus.
It is not oversaid that the graceful colors dyed in red, yellow and green are, like flowers in full bloom, harmonious with material environments and must command the admiration of beholders.
Bingata is produced through a single process of print-dyeing and it is very rare in universal dye-works to complete a craft by making most of only the print dyeing, in this connection, hemp or cotton cloth is mainly used as the ground. The technique for mixing together various kinds of pigments is also without a peer.
The manufactured articles thereof are dye-goods, tapestris, wrapping clothes, hanging scrolls and so on, all of which are much in demand.
Method of washing Bingata: (1) Soak Bingata in soap-water for about five hours. (2) Do
not rub. (3) Do not brush.
Ryukyu Bingata Works/SHIROMA/Tel. (2)1184.1-66, Yamagawa, Shuri, Naha-City/
EikiShiroma.Collection
Shaw, MarshallAcquisition
Accession
2006.195Source or Donor
Shaw, MarshallAcquisition Method
DonationCredit Line
Collection of items from his travelsMade/Created
Place
Country
JapanRegion
East AsiaContinent
AsiaNotes
Made: in Ryukyu Bingata Works, Shiroma, JapanRelationships
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JapaneseCreate Date
July 6, 2006Update Date
January 30, 2025