The Process of "Yūzen" Dyeing

The Tokyo National Museum is home to many textiles dyed with different techniques. Among them, "yūzen" dyeing is a distinctive Japanese technique used to paint designs on silk kimonos from the Edo period (1603-1868). A brush is used to apply colors or bleed them into the fabric, resulting in detailed pictorial designs. This video recreates and explains the production process of "yūzen" dyeing, "Long-Sleeved Robe with Plum Trees, Screens, and Falcons," an Important Cultural Property in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum, is used as a model.
（Produced by Education Programming Division in November 2021）
■Related Works from the Tokyo National Museum Collection (more info on our website)
Important Cultural Property
Long-Sleeved Robe ("Furisode") with Plum Trees, Screens, and Falcons
Plain-weave silk crepe ("chirimen")
Edo period; 18th century
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“Station No. 41” from the Series Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road
Tie-Dye Fabric Shop Narumi
By Utagawa Hiroshige; Edo period, 1855
Tie-Dyed Summer Robe ("Yukata") with Spiders between Willow Leaves
Shōwa era; 20th century
Robe ("Kosode") with Cherry Blossoms (Crest: Three sectioned floral roundels in circle)
Edo period, 17th century
colbase.nich.go.jp/collection...
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