Ojiya-chijimi
Ojiya-chijimi y echigo-jofu, técnicas de fabricación de tejidos con ramio en la región de Uonuma (prefectura de Niigata)
- Date
- c. 1670 · confidence low
- Place
- Ojiya, Niigata, Japan
- Credited to
- Hori Masatoshi
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Traditional ramie-weaving techniques producing a crepe fabric (chijimi), developed in the Uonuma region of Niigata prefecture, designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan and, together with echigo-jofu, inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage.
What it led to
- Designation as an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan (1955)
- Inscription on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list together with echigo-jofu (2009)
- Preservation of traditional Japanese textile crafts