Vertical stripes

縦縞 tate-jima

Vertical stripes

Even stripes run top to bottom; Miyai calls these the typical tate-dori design. In diagonal wraps they slant, in a watermelon wrap they sit level or upright.

Late Edo period fashion

Vertical stripes (tate-jima) became the fashion in the late Edo period, spreading from men's hakama to townspeople's kosode, with named varieties such as sensuji ('thousand lines'), komochi-jima and taki-jima. Imported striped silks and cottons (kandō, tōzan) strongly influenced them. Unlike horizontal stripes, they must be planned in the warp before weaving starts.

Technique catalog · draft for review

Every way to wrap, carry and wear a furoshiki.

The furoshiki.com archive, sliced into annotated steps with plain directions, plus techniques found in research.