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*''Bashôfu'' is made from the fibers of a plant closely related to, but different from, the edible fruiting banana. People of all ranks or classes in society wore ''bashôfu'' garments, though the peasants' ''bashôfu'' tended to be much coarser than that worn by the aristocracy.
*''Bashôfu'' is made from the fibers of a plant closely related to, but different from, the edible fruiting banana. People of all ranks or classes in society wore ''bashôfu'' garments, though the peasants' ''bashôfu'' tended to be much coarser than that worn by the aristocracy.
*A number of other types of textiles, such as felt or woolen cloth (J: ''rasha''), were not produced in Ryûkyû but were imported from China and given as gifts (or "[[tribute]]" goods) to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], [[Shimazu clan]], or other prominent figures.<ref>''Shirarezaru Ryûkyû shisetsu'' 知られざる琉球使節, Fukuyama-shi Tomonoura rekishi minzoku shiryôkan (2006), 150.</ref>
==Dyeing and Decoration==
==Dyeing and Decoration==