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TOKYO (AFP) - At a century-old workshop in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, craftsman Yuichi Hirose brushes dye across meticulously hand-cut stencils laid on fabric, using a traditional technique to ...

Tokyo - For centuries, Japan's kimono makers have relied on stencils, paintbrushes and hours of manual labour to turn out their elaborate and graceful creations. Kimono designer Yuko Iwakuma uses some ...

At a century-old workshop in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, craftsman Yuichi Hirose brushes dye across meticulously hand-cut stencils laid on fabric, using a traditional technique to produce ...

TOKYO: Yasutaka Komiya, an 84-year-old craftsman, sits on a woven tatami mat floor flicking through piles of exquisitely decorated rainbow-hued silk. ''I started learning how to dye kimono fabrics in ...

At a century-old workshop in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, craftsman Yuichi Hirose brushes dye across meticulously hand-cut stencils laid on fabric, using a traditional technique to produce ...

The small Japanese island of Amami Oshima is famous for producing a type of silk: Oshima Tsumugi. More than 500 people on the island are involved in producing this unique fabric, which is known for ...

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TOKYO: At a century-old workshop in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, craftsman Yuichi Hirose brushes dye across meticulously hand-cut stencils laid on fabric, using a traditional technique to produce ...

"The kimono has become something that is very far removed from our daily lives," said Hirose, who joined his family business after university. Image: AFP/Patrick Kovarik “The kimono has become ...