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[[File:Bingata.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A ''bingata'' robe on display at the [[Tokyo National Museum]].]]
*''Other Names'': 形付 ''(katachiki)''
*''Japanese'': 紅型 ''(bingata)''
''Bingata'' is an Okinawan resist-dye [[Ryukyuan textiles|textile]] design technique, involving bold, colorful patterns, often involving flowers, and often on a red or yellow ground. Traditionally, ''bingata'' garments were strictly limited to the Ryukyuan royalty and aristocracy.
Roughly 41 ''bingata'' garments associated with the royal family survive today,<ref>Along with fifteen ''orimono'' (woven garments) and one embroidered garment.</ref> including several which have been designated [[National Treasures]]. They are defined as ''bingata'' by the dyeing technique, and include garments made from a variety of materials.
==References==
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
*''Other Names'': 形付 ''(katachiki)''
*''Japanese'': 紅型 ''(bingata)''
''Bingata'' is an Okinawan resist-dye [[Ryukyuan textiles|textile]] design technique, involving bold, colorful patterns, often involving flowers, and often on a red or yellow ground. Traditionally, ''bingata'' garments were strictly limited to the Ryukyuan royalty and aristocracy.
Roughly 41 ''bingata'' garments associated with the royal family survive today,<ref>Along with fifteen ''orimono'' (woven garments) and one embroidered garment.</ref> including several which have been designated [[National Treasures]]. They are defined as ''bingata'' by the dyeing technique, and include garments made from a variety of materials.
==References==
*Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History, August 2013.
<references/>
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]