Greeting
Kobayashisenngei dyeing is a traditioalJapanese craft that dyes Kimono.
The only thing for certain is that the dyeing
method of Edo-komon has been already used
in the Momoyama period.
During the Edo period,it was in glor days
because the dyeing method has been used for
“kamishimo(a ceremonial dress worn by
Japanese warriors).”
Shiroko/Jike in Ise is famons for Ise-katagami.
However,the number of artisans for
engraving Ise-katagami decreased significantly.
In addition, the nuber of artisans for dyeing
decreased significantly
(for example,only few ones in Tokyo).
The Edo-komon T-shirt is a handmade one with
Ise-katagami dyed by an Edo-komon artisan.
by kobayashi-sengei
Method of Edokomon(Edo-dyed cloth)
１．Engraving of a paper attern
Engrave a pattan on a tanned paper pasted with 2or3
handmade Japanese papers and
persimmon tannin by means of"kiribori
(engraving with a gimlet)","tsukibori(engraving)
by passing)”，”hikibori(engraving by pulling)"
and"dougubori(engrving by a tool)."
2.Making of “ironori(color paste)”
“Ironori(color paste)” consists of “jiironori
(ground-colored paste)”and “menori
(glutinous-rice- based paste).”
After mixing and steaming
glutinous flour and rice bran,add a dye into
paste kneaded well as
condusting a dyeing test.
3.Typed printing
Cover a long plate with a white cloth and
put the paper pattan on it as putting paste on
it by a spatula.Stick the paste on the white cloth
through the engraved portion.
4.Drying on a board
After completing the typed printing,
expose the foregoing board covered with cloth
to be sun in order to dry the paste.
5.Ground-colored dyeing(drawing it one’s hand)
After drying the paste,use a big spatula to
smear wholly and evenly the jiironori including
a dye for ground-colored dyeing.
6.Steaming
Before drying up the jiironori,
add the foregoing board covered with the cloth
into a steaming box, and steam it at 90-100
degrees Celsius for approximately
15-30minutes in order to fix the dye
(included in the jiironori) on the cloth.
7.Washing with water
Wash carefully the steamed-up
cloth in order toremove the paste and
the surplus dye.
8.Drying finish
Dry the foregoing cloth washed
with water and arrange the width
by the method of steamironing.
Thereafter,inspect it carefully and
complete it.
