Aizome – Japanese Indigo on Martial Arts Equipment
Visit to the Nogawa workshop – From the leaf to the Hakama
Aizome dyeing, indigo blue, also known as “Japanese blue”, is a traditional dyeing since the dawn of time. It has long been used in many fields: for working clothes, decorative fabrics to samurai garments and armors. Nogawa Masatoshi, 3rd generation, welcomes us in his studio and introduces to us the traditional indigo as the Nogawa workshop has been making it since 1914.
Indigo Fabric Manufacture for Kendogi at the Nogawa workshop
Rahel Bünzli