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Created page with "*''Other Names'': 苧麻 ''(karamushi)'' *''Japanese'': 宮古 上布 ''(Miyako joufu)'' Miyako-jôfu is a type of woven ramie (J: ''karamushi'') textile, which was histo..."
*''Other Names'': 苧麻 ''(karamushi)''
*''Japanese'': [[宮古]] 上布 ''(Miyako joufu)''
Miyako-jôfu is a type of woven ramie (J: ''karamushi'') textile, which was historically a highly prized specialty product of the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]], and which remains a prominent example of local craft traditions today.
Jôfu is said to be "prized for its strength, high luster, remarkable resistance to bacteria and mildew, [for being] absorben[t] yet quick-drying ..., and [for its] affinity to dyes."<ref>''Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion''. p419.</ref> With its name meaning literally "high [quality] cloth," ramie was worn chiefly by members of the royalty and the aristocracy. It was also among the chief forms of [[tribute]] goods sent to China and Japan, and an accepted form of tax payment collected by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] from Miyako and Yaeyama. Its production was strictly managed by the royal government, and designs were generally derived from one particular traditional book of designs, known as the ''Miezu-chô''.<ref>Satoshi Tsuhako, "Arts and Crafts of Okinawa," ''Bingata! Only in Okinawa'', Okinawa Prefectural Government (2016), 26.</ref>
The earliest extant documentary reference to Miyako-jôfu comes from a [[1583]] record of King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] of Ryûkyû receiving a gift or tribute payment of the fabric.
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
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*''Japanese'': [[宮古]] 上布 ''(Miyako joufu)''
Miyako-jôfu is a type of woven ramie (J: ''karamushi'') textile, which was historically a highly prized specialty product of the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]], and which remains a prominent example of local craft traditions today.
Jôfu is said to be "prized for its strength, high luster, remarkable resistance to bacteria and mildew, [for being] absorben[t] yet quick-drying ..., and [for its] affinity to dyes."<ref>''Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion''. p419.</ref> With its name meaning literally "high [quality] cloth," ramie was worn chiefly by members of the royalty and the aristocracy. It was also among the chief forms of [[tribute]] goods sent to China and Japan, and an accepted form of tax payment collected by the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] from Miyako and Yaeyama. Its production was strictly managed by the royal government, and designs were generally derived from one particular traditional book of designs, known as the ''Miezu-chô''.<ref>Satoshi Tsuhako, "Arts and Crafts of Okinawa," ''Bingata! Only in Okinawa'', Okinawa Prefectural Government (2016), 26.</ref>
The earliest extant documentary reference to Miyako-jôfu comes from a [[1583]] record of King [[Sho Ei|Shô Ei]] of Ryûkyû receiving a gift or tribute payment of the fabric.
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]