Kasuri
Kasuri is the Japanese term for what is commonly knows as ikat weaving. The kasuri process involves yarns being tied before they are dyed. The areas where yarns are tied are "masked" and will resist dye. The way in which yarns are tied will determine the look of the finished patterns which will be woven into the cloth. Sometimes just the weft yarns are tied. Sometimes both the weft and warp yarns are tied, and this is called double kasuri--a technique which can yield designs that range from simplistic to marvelously complex and pictorial.
A Patched Length of Kasuri and Plaid Cotton: Well Cover and Paulownia
ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 67" x 13 1/2... (more)
A Length of Boro Egasuri: Pieced and Stitched
ca. mid twentieth century48 1/2" x 11 1/2", 123 cm x 29 c... (more)
A Patched Length of Kasuri: Indigo Dyed Cotton
ca. early twentieth century 42" x 13", 106.5 cm x 33 cm T... (more)
A Kurume Kasuri Boro Fragment: Cranes
ca. mid twentieth century 28" x 13", 71 cm x 33 cm ... (more)
A 19th Century Plaid and Kasuri Furoshiki: Two Patches
ca. late twentieth century 26 1/2" x 25", 67 cm x 6... (more)
A Length of Cotton Egasuri: Tortoise
ca. early to mid twentieth century 52" x 12 1/2", 132 cm ... (more)
A Double Kasuri Boro Panel: Diagonal Patches
ca. mid twentieth century 47 cm x 19 1/2", 119.5 cm x 49.... (more)