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①Subway Tozai Line "Nijojo mae" station (Keihan Sanjo more convenient)
3-minute walk from
②Subway Karasuma Line"Karasuma Oike" Station (convenient from
Kyoto Station) 8-minute walk from
③City bus, "Oike Horikawa," Stop (conveniently from Kyoto Station)
3 minute walk from
From JR Kyoto Station Bus Stop
the city bus No. 50 (to Ritsumeikan Univ.)
the city bus No. 9 (to Nishigamoshako)
"Horikawa Oike"Bus Stop 3-minute walk from
Hankyu Line"Karasuma station" 15 minutes to 20 minutes walk from.
Two car parking available.
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| Name |
Kyoto Shibori Kogeikan (kyoto Shibori Craft Center) |
| Adress |
Oike Minamiiru,Aburanokoji-dori,Nakagyo-ku,Kyoto City |
| Tel Fax E-mail |
Tel 81-75-221-4252
Fax 81-75-221-4253
E-mail mail@shibori.jp |
| Operating Hour |
9:00～17:00 |
| Closed |
Irregular |
| Admission |
500yen |
| Tie-dye class |
3000yen |
| Approx |
1.5hours(Tie-dye class) 0.5hours(admission) |
The dyeing technique which is the oldest in Japan. There was a workman
who has continued to keep it by loving it in always in the times.
Why does it make the one which such time and labor depends on? It may be
outdated. It never follows the trend.It is the work for which the endurance
is necessary.
There are many people love tie-dyed cloth in the times.Therefore, it thinks
that it wants to tell a keeper.
It manufactures a kyoto shibori kougeikan to leave a tie-dyed cloth traditional
technique in the coming ages and it makes public the work to have possessed
by the bimonthly replacement.
It is doing. of the very much unique museum to have grace and to be well
carried on the TV, the magazine, the newspaper and so on, too
It became. It is possible to look at the work which is different even if
it goes many times. In case of Kyoto traveling, call in once. It is the
neighborhood of Nijo-jo.
| ■column Japanese tie-dying technique not hippie, psychedelic colors. |
what is shibori
introduce a Japanese tie-dying technique.
When foreigner think tie-dye, they visualize huge, random blotches of bright
color on cotton, reminiscent of the 1960's styles.
When foreigner think of Japan, they usually think of Mount Fuji, Geishas,
Samurai and kimono. Once stationed in Japan, however, the stereotype images
change.
Shibori is a type of dyeing in which certain areas on the cloth are reserved from
dyeing by binding dots or stitching.
There are about 15 different kinds of tie-dye techniques. Each technique
is so difficult that one can not master all of them in a lifetime.
There are many steps to follow:
After designing the pattern of the cloth, the artisan must draw thousads of tiny dots
which follow the pattern.
Each dot must then be bound by thread to separate that piece of the 150,000
binding dots are needed to finish a short-sleeve kimono.
This process takes at least a year to complete, depending on the design.
When the fabric is completely bound, the material must be bleached to remove stains.
Finally the fabric is dyed, which becomes a more complex process with each added color.
When the dyed material is dry, the strings which bound it are removed.
At that time, we usually tore the fabric. Then we sell the toned cloth at an unbelievably low price.
Shibori made in kyoto is done by hand on silk material. Not a single shibori comes out the same.
I am a member of shibori artisans. And at 30 is the youngest. Most of them are in their 70's and 80's.
The serious problem we face right now is the aging of the artisans.
And second problem is expanding the channel of customers to keep the art of shibori going.
So we are working on the work of "the cultural heritage of the world"
and "a famous picture(example the Mona Lisa) "by shibori technique.
It takes 2 year to complete with 40 artisans working in their spare time.
"This way, we have something we can leave for our descendants which carries forth
the traditional of our ancestors."
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