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Striped cotton that sold widely in the Edo period, lost, and reconstructed from surviving samples.
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Yanai-jima is a traditional Japanese textile. It developed centered on Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yanai-jima is a textile characterized by vertical stripe patterns using cotton thread. It developed centered on what is now Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, by a method called "watagae," in which in the Edo period cotton merchants handed raw material to craftsmen, paid a weaving fee, and then took delivery of the product. Afterward, in 1760 (10th year of Horeki), the Iwakuni Domain began a textile inspection stamp system, its quality was recognized, and around the middle of the Edo period it became known throughout Japan as Yanai cotton.
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Founded / opened：Edo period Highlights / collection：Indigo-striped cotton, Once discontinued and then revived Genre：Textiles and dyeing
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