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==History==
==History==
In the early modern period, up until the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in the 1870s, three lineages dominated the formal production of ''bingata'' for the royal court: the Takushi, Gusukuma (now known as Shiroma), and Chinen families.
In the early modern period, up until the [[Ryukyu shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in the 1870s, three lineages dominated the formal production of ''bingata'' for the royal court: the Takushi, Gusukuma (now known as Shiroma), and Chinen families. Members of the Shiroma and Chinen families remain today leaders in maintaining and promoting the tradition.
Takushi Jino was a young up-and-coming craftsman in the royal court when it was abolished in the 1870s; in the 1920s, at the age of 61, he was interviewed by scholar [[Kamakura Yoshitaro|Kamakura Yoshitarô]], providing one significant portion of Kamakura's defining prewar study on ''bingata''. Sadly, by the 1920s, Takushi had unbound family records on dyeing techniques and had used the pages in wall screens, an indication of just how far traditional craft had fallen from its place of importance.<ref>Buyun Chen, "The Craft of Color and the Chemistry of Dyes: Textile Technology in the Ryukyu Kingdom, 1700–1900," ''Technology and Culture'' 63:1 (January 2022), 88.</ref>
Takushi Jino was a young up-and-coming craftsman in the royal court when it was abolished in the 1870s; in the 1920s, at the age of 61, he was interviewed by scholar [[Kamakura Yoshitaro|Kamakura Yoshitarô]], providing one significant portion of Kamakura's defining prewar study on ''bingata''. Sadly, by the 1920s, Takushi had unbound family records on dyeing techniques and had used the pages in wall screens, an indication of just how far traditional craft had fallen from its place of importance.<ref>Buyun Chen, "The Craft of Color and the Chemistry of Dyes: Textile Technology in the Ryukyu Kingdom, 1700–1900," ''Technology and Culture'' 63:1 (January 2022), 88.</ref>
Shiroma Eiki and Chinen Sekihiro, descendants of court craftsmen, led a revival of ''bingata'' during the post-WWII Occupation period, with the support of the American Occupation authorities, who sought to patronize and promote Ryukyuan culture.<ref>Chen, 92.</ref> They and/or their successors have been named [[Living National Treasure]]s or otherwise formally recognized as "holders" of this cultural tradition.
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