Mingei Arts

Textiles & Accessories – Tekisutairu & kami kazari

テキスタイル＆髪飾り

The Japanese have traditionally viewed textiles as an embodiment of not only beauty, but as family heirlooms and repositories of history. The Noren replaces doors and welcomes guests, woven tatami mats cover the floors; and the Japanese lady, eschewing jewelry, beautifully-woven, embroidered, dyed, or painted silk Kimono and Obi, and adorned herself with exquisite hair combs and pins.