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kasuri (splashed pattern fabric)   Tradition has it that the
manufacture of cotton textiles became widespread in the present-
day city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture when the feudal lord
who governed this region admonished the people for their desire
for luxury and encouraged them to wear cotton garments. In the
19th century, a skilled weaver by the name of Den Inoue, while
still a teenager, carried out extensive research and
experimented with different weaving techniques, eventually
developing a style of weaving in which parts of the textile
appear to have a splashed pattern. This style of weaving,
kasuri, became greatly prized and quickly spread across the
region. After World War II automated looms spread quickly, but
traditional hand weaving techniques are still preserved in this
region. Kurume-kasuri was designated a traditional craft in
1976.   Address: , Kurume-shi, Fukuoka      Area Map  Related
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