About Tokyo Tegaki Yuzen
Tokyo tegaki yuzen is hand-painted yuzen dyeing produced in Tokyo. Kyo and Kaga techniques spread to Tokyo during the Meiji era, where Tokyo craftspeople developed them into their own style. A defining feature especially emphasized in Tokyo yuzen is 'integrated production,' where a single craftsperson handles all dyeing processes from resist paste application, color filling, steaming, and washing. It is characterized by a clean and refined design inheriting the Edo sense of 'iki' (refined elegance).
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
手描き友禅（一貫制作）糸目糊置き色挿し蒸し・水洗い
Materials
生糸・絹防染糊染料
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.
- 東京手描友禅工房（産地にご確認ください）