Tamba-Nuno

It is a hand-woven plain fabric made by interweaving hand-spun cotton and silk, and was mainly woven until the end of the Meiji era.

It is believed that the production of Tanba-nuno began during the Bunsei era(1880–1830), influenced by Banshu Cotton, and was primarily used as work wear.

In the early Showa era, Soetsu Yanagi accidentally discovered a scrap of striped cotton at a morning market in Kyoto and asked craft researcher Rokuro Uemura to identify its origin.

In 2018 (Heisei 30), a shop specializing in Tamba Fabric, "Kogei no Mise Kabura," opened in Tanba City's Kaibara Town.

[10][11] Tanba-nuno is a striped cotton plain weave, but its distinctive feature is the incorporation of "Tsumami yarn," spun from waste cocoons, into the weft.

Yellow is produced primarily from koban grass that grows on the banks of rice paddies, as well as from the bark of Jerusalem artichoke and loquat trees.