Today at Pagong!-“Tsuji-ga-hana”
Dyeing today in the factory! “TSUJI-GA-HANA”
We would like to share a little bit of the “behind the scenes” of Pagong in our upcoming Blogs!
Somedays about the patterns we dye, somedays about our artisans…
The pattern name “tsuji ga hana” first emerged in 15th century Japanese literature. It is described as being the oldest dyeing method from the Nara-era, the capital of Japan before Kyoto; and consists of making tiny stitches which are pulled within a pattern and then dyed. The patterned areas are distinctly made to look as though they are using torn pieces of paper.
In the form of luxurious kimono, tsujigahana was often further embellished with the addition of real gold leaf and embroidery.
Each color needs a different screen, this pattern uses 17 different colors! This pattern needs to be perfectly dyed with the same stroke for each screen.
This pattern took two days to dye!
