Tsumugi (cloth)
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Tsumugi is a traditional plain weave silk fabric from Japan. The yarn used is made short to medium staple from silk fibres, such as damaged cocoons and the waste left over from the reeling of filament
Silkworm cocoons in Japan for Yuki tsumugi
Handspinning silk noil for tsumugi thread
Weaving tsumugi cloth at a jibata (low loom), later largely replaced by takahata (high looms).
A lined (awase) tsumugi kimono.
Yūki-tsumugi
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Yūki-tsumugi is a variety of silk cloth produced in Japan, chiefly in Yūki in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is designated as one of the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan, and has also been in
Yūki-tsumugi weaving
