[Exhibition] Kawachi Momen: The world of beautiful indigo dyeing (Yao City Cultural Center)
*Yao City Cultural Promotion Foundation*
Press release: August 18, 2024
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[Exhibition] Kawachi Momen: The world of beautiful indigo dyeing (Yao City Cultural Center)
*The collection of Tokuko Muranishi, who researched and restored many patterns handed down from the Edo period, will be exhibited – Friday, September 27, 2024 at Yao City Cultural Center Prism Hall (Yao City, Osaka Prefecture) ～Held on Sunday, September 29th*
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At the Yao City Cultural Center Prism Hall (designated manager: Yao City Cultural Promotion Corporation), performances and exhibition events are held not only on the stage of the Yao City Cultural Center but also in various places such as common spaces, creating a lively atmosphere. We are developing the “Prism Art & Theater Project” with the aim of creating interaction with people. As part of this project, an exhibition on the theme of “Kawachi Momen,” which is attracting attention as a craft originating from Yao, will be held in cooperation with the local NPO Kawachi Cotton Aizome Preservation Society. 320 years ago, in the Edo period, in 1704, after the construction of the Yamato River (the main stream of the first-class water system that flows through Nara and Osaka prefectures and empties into Osaka Bay), the site of the old river was used for cotton cultivation. Yao and nearby areas became one of the country’s leading cotton producing areas. As cotton production became more popular, white cotton and striped cotton began to be woven, and were called “Kawachi cotton.” The Kawachi cotton industry was a major industry in what is now Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, until the end of the Meiji period.
Noriko Muranishi, the first director of the NPO Kawachi Cotton Indigo Dyeing Preservation Society, discovered patterned indigo dyeing on Kawachi cotton in 1976 and has devoted half her life to researching and restoring it. Thanks to Mr. Muranishi’s achievements, Kawachi Momen’s patterns are once again attracting attention as a craft that Yao is proud of.
In this exhibition, we will be showing a part of Muranishi’s valuable indigo dyeing collection held by the preservation society. abroad The blue color created by indigo dyeing is praised as “Japan Blue.” Please enjoy the variety of colors and patterns that are different depending on the dyed item.
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* Friday, September 27, 2024 – Sunday, September 29, 9:00 – 22:00* * -venue-*
* Yao City Cultural Center Prism Hall 1st floor Hikari Plaza & Open Corner * Get off at Yao Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line and walk east for about 5 minutes, about 40 minutes from JR Osaka Station, about 30 minutes from Namba Station on each line.
* [Related project 1.] History course “Kawachi Momen and Yao” * * -Date-September 28th (Sat) 13:30~15:30*
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(9:00~19:00 Closed on Mondays/Next weekday if Monday is a public holiday) 2-40 Hikarimachi, Yao 581-0803
TEL 072-924-9999
Homepage https://prismhall.jp/event/23788.html