Zanshi: Leftover Thread Cloth
Zanshi, or kuzuito, is cloth that is woven from threads either leftover from home production of yarn making, or from broken threads that were purchased from local commercial weavers. Usually the weft is fed with these random threads while generally the warp is regulated producing an irregular horizontal 'striping'; if home threads are used, knotted slubs can often be seen.
A Super Intricate Striped Zanshi Panel: Wildly Warped
ca. late nineteenth century 58" x 12 3/4", 147.25 cm x 32... (more)
A Very Good Length of Indigo Dyed Zanshi: Leftover Cotton Yarns
ca. late nineteenth century 63" x 12 1/4", 160 cm x 31 cm... (more)
A Beautiful Hand Spun Cotton Zanshi Boro: Katazome Patches
ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 66" x 13", 1... (more)
A Length of Zanshi Cloth: Cotton and Missing Weft Yarns
ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 62" x 13 3/4... (more)
A Two Haba Fragment of Good Zanshi-ori: Leftover Thread Weaving
ca. early twentieth century 48" x 27 1/2", 122 cm x 70 cm... (more)
A Length of Handsome Zanshi-ori: Beautiful Blues
ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 60" x 14", 1... (more)