. Studio international . tly fabricmore than seven hundred shades of silk wereemployed, with gold threads. Under the oldregime in Japan, when these Kara Nishikifabrics were used for Court costumes and robes,,unlimited sums were lavished by the feudal lordsor Daimyos on them. There is a special series of geometrical patternsalternating in colour which are probably not manu-factured except in Japan. To produce these theweaver has sometimes to use as many as eighty orninety shuttles. The loom used is practically thesame as that employed for the Tsuzure-no-Nishiki,with this difference—after the wa
. Studio international . tly fabricmore than seven hundred shades of silk wereemployed, with gold threads. Under the oldregime in Japan, when these Kara Nishikifabrics were used for Court costumes and robes,,unlimited sums were lavished by the feudal lordsor Daimyos on them. There is a special series of geometrical patternsalternating in colour which are probably not manu-factured except in Japan. To produce these theweaver has sometimes to use as many as eighty orninety shuttles. The loom used is practically thesame as that employed for the Tsuzure-no-Nishiki,with this difference—after the warp threads havebeen alternated by the draw-boy, each line ofweft is securely pressed home by the reed. Ii>the manufacture of Tsuzure each little patchof colour is completed by itself on the warpthreads. It is interesting to note that many ofthe most beautiful fabrics exhibited at ShepherdsBush by Messrs. Kawashima are from thedesigns of Mr. Jimbei Kawashima, the head ofthe firm—for instance, the piece Kara Nishiki. A NO DANCEI \WAKA.
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