contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
From SamuraiWiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
*''Born: [[1819]]''
*''Died: [[1879]]''
*''Japanese'': 川島甚兵衛 ''(Kawashima Jinbee)''
Kawashima Jinbee was a [[Nishijin]]-based [[clothing|kimono]] dealer who is known for his advances in weaving techniques.
He opened a wholesale kimono business in Nishijin in [[1843]], which he passed on to his son, [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], 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.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B7%9D%E5%B3%B6%E7%B9%94%E7%89%A9%5B%E6%A0%AA%5D Kawashima Orimono]." ''Hyakka jiten Mypedia'' 百科事典マイペディア. Hitachi Solutions, 2010.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
*''Died: [[1879]]''
*''Japanese'': 川島甚兵衛 ''(Kawashima Jinbee)''
Kawashima Jinbee was a [[Nishijin]]-based [[clothing|kimono]] dealer who is known for his advances in weaving techniques.
He opened a wholesale kimono business in Nishijin in [[1843]], which he passed on to his son, [[Kawashima Jinbei II]], 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.
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%B7%9D%E5%B3%B6%E7%B9%94%E7%89%A9%5B%E6%A0%AA%5D Kawashima Orimono]." ''Hyakka jiten Mypedia'' 百科事典マイペディア. Hitachi Solutions, 2010.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Merchants]]
