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''Bingata'' is an Okinawan resist-dye [[Ryukyuan textiles|textile]] design technique, involving bold, colorful patterns, often involving flowers, and often on a red or yellow ground. Traditionally, ''bingata'' garments were strictly limited to the Ryukyuan royalty and [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocracy]].
''Bingata'' is an Okinawan resist-dye [[Ryukyuan textiles|textile]] design technique, involving bold, colorful patterns, often involving flowers, and often on a red or yellow ground. Traditionally, ''bingata'' garments were strictly limited to the Ryukyuan royalty and [[scholar-aristocracy of Ryukyu|aristocracy]].
''Bingata'' techniques and styles as known and celebrated today are said to have reached their mature phase by the end of the 17th century; though various dyeing techniques and styles existed in Ryûkyû prior to that time, it was only in the [[Edo period|early modern period]] that the particular techniques and styles today associated with "bingata" developed. The term ''bingata'', meanwhile, only became widely used in the late 19th or early 20th century; prior to that, the term ''katatikii'' (J: ''katachiki''), roughly meaning "with designs added," was the term most commonly used in Ryûkyû.<ref>''Bingata! Only in Okinawa'', 158.</ref>
Roughly 41 ''bingata'' garments associated with the royal family survive today,<ref>Along with fifteen ''orimono'' (woven garments) and one embroidered garment.</ref> including several which have been designated [[National Treasures]]. They are defined as ''bingata'' by the dyeing technique, and include garments made from a variety of materials.
Roughly 41 ''bingata'' garments associated with the royal family survive today,<ref>Along with fifteen ''orimono'' (woven garments) and one embroidered garment.</ref> including several which have been designated [[National Treasures]]. They are defined as ''bingata'' by the dyeing technique, and include garments made from a variety of materials.