About Kawagoe Tozan
Kawagoe tozan is a striped textile using an interwoven combination of silk and cotton, produced in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, originating from promotion by the Kawagoe domain in the late Edo period. Silk is used for the warp and cotton for the weft, skillfully combining the luster of silk with the durability of cotton into a practical striped textile. Also called 'Tozan-dome,' it is characterized by distinctive stripe patterns beloved by fashionable Edo merchants and artisans. Workshops in Kawagoe continue to preserve traditional techniques today, producing obi and kimono fabric.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
Materials
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.
- 川越唐桟工房（産地にご確認ください）