Kawashima Jinbei I

  • Born: 1819
  • Died: 1879
  • Other Names: 上田屋甚平衛 (Uedaya Jinbee)
  • Japanese: 川島甚兵衛 (Kawashima Jinbee)

Kawashima Jinbee was a Nishijin-based kimono dealer who is known for his advances in weaving techniques.

He opened a wholesale kimono business, the Ueda-ya, in Nishijin in 1843, which was taken over his son, Kawashima Jinbei II, upon Jinbei's death in 1879.

The company continues to be active today, having been re-established as Kawashima Jinbee Shôten in 1938, and again later as Kawashima Orimono, KK.

References

  • Conant, Ellen. "Cut from Kyoto Cloth: Takeuchi Seihô and his Artistic Milieu." Impressions 33 (2012). p75.
  • "Kawashima Orimono." Hyakka jiten Mypedia 百科事典マイペディア. Hitachi Solutions, 2010.