About Enshu Menputsui
Enshu menputsui is a cotton striped textile produced in the Enshu region (around Hamamatsu and Kakegawa) in western Shizuoka Prefecture. A practical plain-woven cotton with vertical and plaid stripes, born from the cotton cultivation culture of Enshu that dates to the Edo period. Developed as a cotton production area of the Tokai region alongside Mikawa cotton, it grew from village home weaving to regional textile production. Characterized by a rustic and durable texture, workshops around Hamamatsu continue producing it as a regional traditional textile today.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
先染め縞織り格子織り平織り
Materials
綿糸天然染料・化学染料
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.
- 遠州綿紬（産地にご確認ください）