Nishiki-Ori
About Nishiki-Ori
Since ancient times, nishikiori has been the general term for luxurious and gorgeous silk fabrics with patterns woven with various colored threads, gold, silver, and other materials. They were used for the garments of the nobility, the robes of high priests, and bags for treasures. Many masterpieces from the past, such as the Shosoin-sAKI, still remain, and we are challenging ourselves to create new textile expressions while learning from the work of our predecessors.
History of Nishiki-Ori
We are a workshop that aims at and exceeds the beauty of brocade through the traditional weaving techniques inherited from four generations: Heizo Tatsumura I (No. Koha), Heizo Tatsumura II (No. Kosho), textile artist Mitsuhou Tatsumura, and brocade artist Shu Tatsumura.
Nishiki has long been used to express the highest level of quality, as in “brocade in one's hometown” and “brocade in autumn. It is also interesting to note that while most textile-related terms are biased toward thread, only nishikiori is biased toward gold. In ancient times, nishiki-ori must have been as precious as precious metals.
