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TOKYO-ZOME (TOKYO Dyed Goods) – Part 3

06/22/2016 KIMONO Column

In the last two articles (TOKYO-ZOME Part 1 & Part 2) of this KIMONO Colum, I talked about TOKYO-ZOME. The last item of it is “EDO-SARASA” (江戸更紗: EDO’s chintz). It was 400-650 years ago when a chintz was introduced in Japan for the first time by importing from India, Thailand and Indonesia. Afterward, Japanese people …