Also known as Indigo naturalis and qing dai, Japanese indigo “is a botanical extract [from an herb] that’s been used in traditional Chinese medicine [as well as in Japan and Korea, per ...

Using a traditional Japanese indigo dyeing method, Aizome’s chemical-free sheets are better for the environment and less irritating to the skin. There’s been a boom in direct-to-consumer ...

Though the majority of the feudal-era kimonos and quilts sold at Sri are meant ... Where once every Japanese village had an indigo vat, BUAISOU, founded in 2012 by Kenta Watanabe and Kakuo Kaji ...

But it was not chance that turned the Yoshino River valley into a major center of Japanese indigo dyeing, or aizome. The aizome industry drew vital sustenance from the Yoshino River, which runs ...

For Belyea, an American and longtime admirer of Japanese culture ... 14 projects calibrated for beginners as well as experts. The quilts’ backs prove as interesting as the fronts, and Belyea ...