A Sliver of Akane Shibori: Madder from Tohoku

ca. mid to late nineteenth century
18" x 3", 45.75 cm x 7.5 cm

This narrow length of wonderful hand spun, hand loomed, shibori dyed cotton is intended for those who are interested in historical Japanese natural dyeing.

The cloth comes from Akita prefecture in Japan's north east or Tohoku region and it is dyed in akane, or Japanese madder, a dyestuff that is not used very often due to its relative rarity.

The cloth itself is wonderful as was stated earlier, and for those interested in shibori dyeing, the folk art of Tohoku or Japanese traditional dyestuffs, this ribbon of cloth is for you