traditional japanese kimono Tsumugi

today is about Tsumugi.
Tsumugi is a kind of the silk fabric. This is the traditional Japanese kimono of Hiraori (shantung silk) which using yarn-dyed thread of Mawata- thread (Yuuki-Tsumugi) and Tma- thread.
time, place, occasion
Tsumugi is worn at fashionable and casual. It isn’t wear as formal wear. But nowadays, It’s made houmongi and tsukesage of tumugi so wear at party.
production
Tsumugi is weaved by in many parts of the nation, There are some traditional Japanese kimono of area of production name Oshima-tsumugi, Yuki-tsumugi and Shiozawa-tsumugi. There are solid color tsumugi too. Kasuri, Shima and Koushi are very famous. It is very technically troublesome task that weave pattern of Kasuri.