Experience

Shibori is a traditional dyeing technique first used in the Nara Period (ad 710-794).
There are many different methods of shibori. We offer an experience of makiage shibori, a common stich-resist technique.

Handwork is fundamental to our craft, and our artisans are particularly skilled in shibori dyeing techniques.
We hope you enjoy how each shibori dye is unique.

Yuzen techniques usually involve either hand painting or screen printing.
Suri-yuzen, which uses a brush and stencil, resembles the latter.

The dye is applied – one stencil at a time – directly onto the fabric using a circular brush.
It can require dozens of stencils to dye one kimono because each can only be used with one color.

With this mini suri-yuzen experience you can try dyeing with a small number of colors using the templates we have available.