藍染(あいぞ)め

あいぞめ
noun
indigo dyeing; indigo-dyed fabric
cultureart
1. indigo dyeing; indigo-dyed fabric
The traditional craft of dyeing fabric using indigo plant extract, producing distinctive deep blue colors. Also refers to the fabric or products dyed by this method.
藍染(あいぞ)めの手(て)ぬぐいを買(か)った。
I bought an indigo-dyed tenugui towel.
藍染(あいぞ)め体験(たいけん)ができる工房(こうぼう)を訪(たず)ねた。
I visited a workshop where you can try indigo dyeing.
徳島県(とくしまけん)は藍染(あいぞ)めの産地(さんち)として知(し)られ、江戸(えど)時代(じだい)から続(つづ)く伝統(でんとう)がある。
Tokushima Prefecture is known as a center of indigo dyeing, with a tradition dating back to the Edo period.

藍(あい) (indigo) is one of the most iconic colors in Japanese textile tradition. The deep blue color produced by indigo dyeing was so prevalent in Edo-period Japan that foreign visitors called it "Japan blue." The dyeing process involves fermenting indigo leaves and repeatedly dipping fabric to build up layers of color.

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Related words

  • 藍(あい): indigo (the plant or the color)
  • 染(そ)め物(もの): dyeing, dyed goods — the broader category of textile dyeing
  • 絞(しぼ)り染(ぞ)め: tie-dyeing — another traditional Japanese dyeing technique
  • 草木染(くさきぞ)め: plant dyeing — dyeing with various natural plant materials

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Related: 草木(くさき)染(ぞ)め (plant dyeing)
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