◎Product Features◎ This product is made of the same silk as kimono and produced using traditional Kyo Yuzen techniques.
The products are made using the same silk material as the kimono, and are produced using traditional Kyo Yuzen techniques, including hand embroidery, colored foil, pictorial sketching, and classic patterns in gorgeous colors.
Unlike products made from kimono remade into clothing, these are made from dress-use fabrics, allowing the wearer to enjoy the painterly beauty of the kimono when worn.
A gorgeous one-piece dress with furisode-like sleeves.
Anyone can wear it easily. No special skills are required for dressing, and anyone can enjoy authentic Kyo-Yuzen with ease.
What is Kyo-yuzen?
Kyo-yuzen(Yuzen-dyeing) is said to have originated in the late 17th century, when Miyazaki Yuzenzai, a fan painter in Gion, Kyoto, applied various previously established pattern-dyeing techniques and devised a new pattern-dyeing technique with free pattern expression and rich color expression.
There are two typical Kyo-yuzen techniques: "Tegaki Yuzen," in which all processes are done by hand, and "Kata Yuzen," which is finished using stencils created in the Meiji era.
Both require a high level of skill.
【Tegaki yuzen】Produced by Kimurasenshow Co., Ltd.
Tegaki yuzen is one of the types of yuzen dyeing (the other being stencil dyeing) and refers to the drawing of patterns by hand using various brushes.
Through the establishment during the Edo period of techniques using itomenori paste, it became possible to create dyed patterns without the colours next to each other mixing.
The dyeing process that creates sharp colours that stand out is characteristic of tegaki yuzen.