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Making String Heddles for Echigo Jōfu
Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory
Kyōto-shi, Japan
The harness used for this delicate thread is made from string heddles wound on a dowel. The string is much less abrasive than steel, minimizing breakage to the fragile threads. This harness is made from scratch for each bolt of Echigo jōfu by two artisans. One of them hands off alternating threads, and the other catches the threads up into string heddles.
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- Title: Making String Heddles for Echigo Jōfu
- Subject Keywords: Echigo Jōfu
- Type: Textile, Kimono
- Rights: Historical photo photographed in Minamiuonuma, kindly provided by the Tokamachi City Museum, Tokamachi.
- Medium: Handwoven
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