Old Ryukyu Kasuri

Most of the Ryukyu kasuri we see now is made in silk, however, from the Taisho period to the early Showa period cotton products were more mainstream. Combinations of traditional patterns such as birds (tuiguwa), diagonally displaced crosses (hikisagi), cross-squares representing wells (ka-nu-chika), and diagonal blocks called “fussy eyebrows” (mayubichi) can be seen in old Ryukyu kasuri.