Bingata (Okinawan: 紅型, literally "red style") is a traditional stencilled resist dyeing technique originating in Okinawa Prefecture. Bingata typically...

and repairs; the cloth was used for poll tax payments from 1637 [7] Bingata 紅型 bingata Tamanaha Yūkō (玉那覇有公) [8] Shuri-no-Orimono 首里の織物 Shuri no orimono...

resist dyeing technique popular in the Edo period 1978 Textiles Bingata (紅型) Stencil or resist paste weave; in the eighteenth century its use by commoners...

would hold theirs with a pin. The ryusou for women is based on the bingata (紅型, lit. 'red patterns') style of dyework. Bingata could only be afforded by...