Tsutsugaki

Tsutsugaki literally means 'tube drawing' as this resist dye method is a freehand style. An artisan draws directly onto taut cloth by squeezing rice paste from a paper cone, a tool not dissimilar from a Western pastry bag. Once the rice paste drawing is rendered onto cloth, a soy-based sizing is applied allover the textile to set the drawing.  The prepared cloth is then dipped into a vat of indigo dye any number of times until the desired tonal qualities of indigo are archeived.  Often a tsutsugaki textile shows some hand applied colored details, usually grey or red, which are painted on the cloth after the resist dyeing is complete.
A Faded Hand Painted Raw Silk Furoshiki: Lyrically Depicted Nature

A Faded Hand Painted Raw Silk Furoshiki: Lyrically Depicted Nature

tslate nineteenth century40" x 40 3/4", 101.5 cm x 103.5 ... (more)

A Tsutsugaki Dyed Furoshiki: Hemp Leaf Motif, Pine, Plum and Family Crest

A Tsutsugaki Dyed Furoshiki: Hemp Leaf Motif, Pine, Plum and Family Crest

early twentieth century42 1/2" x 34", 108 cm x 86.5 cm Th... (more)

An Overdyed Yuage: Tsutsugaki Dyed Cloth with Healing Properties

An Overdyed Yuage: Tsutsugaki Dyed Cloth with Healing Properties

tsutsulate nineteenth century32" x 25", 81 cm x 63.5 cm T... (more)

A Three Panel Noren: Beautifully Graphic Mon or Crest

A Three Panel Noren: Beautifully Graphic Mon or Crest

mid twentieth century65" x 38 1/2", 165 cm x 98 cm Shown ... (more)

A Length of Tsutsugaki Dyed Cotton: Complex and Delicate Roundels

A Length of Tsutsugaki Dyed Cotton: Complex and Delicate Roundels

late nineteenth century51" x 13", 129.5 cm x 33 cm This i... (more)

A Recombined Tsutsugaki Yogi: Amazingly Skilled Design

A Recombined Tsutsugaki Yogi: Amazingly Skilled Design

late nineteenth century66" x 31 1/4", 67.5 cm x 79.25 cm ... (more)

A Resist Dyed Three Panel Noren: Green Persimmon Tannin Dye

A Resist Dyed Three Panel Noren: Green Persimmon Tannin Dye

early twentieth century50 1/2" x 39", 128 cm x 99 cm This... (more)

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