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Tamba-fu Warping

Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory

Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory
Kyōto-shi, Japan

Warping is an important process in creating the woven patterns as it determins the distribution of the colors of the hand spun threads. The warp threads are arranged while imagining the outcome of the finished product. All the stripes and checks of Tamba-fu are born from this process.

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  • Title: Tamba-fu Warping
  • Location: Tamba-fu denshokan
  • Subject Keywords: Tamba cloth, Tamba-fu, Hyogo Prefecture
  • Type: textile, cloth, hand woven
  • Rights: Photo: © Tsushima Shuhei
  • External Link: Tamba-fu denshokan
Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory

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