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Yaeyama minsa kaku obi

This is a men’s belt, kaku obi. It is handwoven with a ribbed texture and dyed using only natural dyes such as self-cultivated indigo. The pattern shows the traditional Yaeyama minsa design, created using hand-tied kasuri threads.
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Mio Suzuki
Ishigaki Island, Japan
Mio Suzuki is involved in every step of her weaving process – harvesting ramie, spinning thread, hand-tying kasuri patterns, cultivating indigo and dy ...
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