Entitled ‘Wearing Kijoka-no-Basho-fu, blessing nature: Toshiko Taira, a Living National Treasure’ (author’s translation). This article describes some production processes and records an interview with Taira about her work and techniques.
Category. Traditional CraftsmanshipVolume. 8Year. 2019
Title. ‘Community’ as a Landscape of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Basho-fu in Kijoku, a Japanese Example of a Traditional Woven Textile and its Relationship with the Public

Community' as a Landscape of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Basho-fu in Kijoka, a Japanese Example of a Traditional Woven Textile and its Relationship with the Public

Source: Kimono-salon, Spring 2011, p.107.

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