Yasuhiro & Ritsuko Fukushima Basho paper postcards©沖縄県

Basho paper postcards

The fibre that is not used for Basho textile making is cooked with wood lye and beaten to make paper. The paper sheets are stacked on a floorboard, drained, peeled off one by one, and dried. The dried Basho paper is dyed with Ryukyu indigo using the piece dyeing technique.

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Yasuhiro & Ritsuko Fukushima

Yasuhiro and Ritsuko master together the entire production process