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What is split weaving?

It is a recycled woven fabric that uses durable threads such as cotton and linen for the warp threads and "tear cloth" such as used clothes for the weft threads.

We utilize kimonos that are no longer suitable for size and cloths that are no longer needed as we grow up.

In the Sadamisaki Peninsula, split weaving is called "Orico" or "Tsuzure" in dialect. Until around 1965, it was used as work clothes, obi, etc.

Textiles created by the terrain

The Sadamisaki Peninsula, known as Japan's longest and narrowest peninsula, was once called the "Island of Land". The dynamic terrain spreads suddenly from the sea to the mountains. People used to carry supplies on steep mountain roads with their backs on their backs. Since I carry a lot of luggage on my back, I needed a thick and durable cloth to protect my shoulders, hips, or the kimono I wear underneath. However, because there was little flat land and only cultivated land with a limited area of steep slopes could be obtained, food cultivation was prioritized in the fields, cotton could not be cultivated, and cotton cloth was very valuable.

The spirit of "kanben" (frugality), which reuses old cloth without throwing it away, created "split weaving".