About Musashino Ori
Musashino ori is a silk textile produced in the Tama region of Tokyo including Ome City, Akiruno City, and Fussa City. A silk industry developed from the Edo period as 'Tama silk,' it is particularly famous for striped silk called 'Ome shima.' After the Meiji era, modernization with power looms progressed, and it was widely produced as obi fabric, kimono fabric, and Western-style material. Alongside Murayama oshima tsumugi, it represents the silk textile culture of the Tama region as a Tokyo-produced nationally recognized traditional craft.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
先染め縞織り手機織り・力織機紋織り
Materials
絹糸化学染料・天然染料
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.