Washing Echigo Jōfu Cloth with the Feet (Ashifumi)

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

After the completed bolt of Echigo jōfu is taken off the loom, it is washed with the feet in a wooden boat-shaped basin. This process helps to clean and soften the textile, removing the paste (nori) applied to the threads before and sometimes during weaving.

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Title: Washing Echigo Jōfu Cloth with the Feet (Ashifumi)
Subject Keywords: Echigo Jōfu
Type: Textile, Kimono
Rights: Photo: Courtesy of Koto Masao and Echigo Jōfu and Ojiya Chijimi Technical Preservation Association, Minamiuonuma.
Medium: Handwoven

Kyoto Women's University, Lifestyle Design Laboratory

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