KYOTO--Alarmed at decreasing opportunities to wear kimono in modern Japan, dyers specializing in Kyoto-style "yuzen" techniques are turning their attention to a market steeped in traditional dress: ...
BENGALURU: Miho Sakata Malhan, a Japanese expat living in Bengaluru from 2005, hardly wore a kimono growing up. Or for that matter, she hardly saw her mother wear one either. But her love for textiles ...
In the early 1970s, the skilled artisans who created dazzling Kyoto-style “yuzen” kimonos could barely keep up with demand. Dyers, cloth cutters, designers and everyone in the associated businesses, ...