INFO:

伊賀くみひもの始まりは古く、奈良時代以前にまで遡ると言われています。 平安時代には唐組（からくみ）の平緒、経巻、華篭（けこ）、幡飾（はたかざり）等の仏具、神具等に凝った紐が用いられるようになりました。武士階級の時代になると甲冑や刀剣の紐が多く生産されるようになり、武具類を中心とするくみひも文化が生まれました。廃刀令が出て、武家社会が崩壊してからは、江戸時代の伝統くみひもの技術は和装に欠くことのできない帯締め、羽織紐として親しまれています。 Iga Kumihimo Braiding has ancient origins, perhaps dating back to before the Nara era (710-794). During the Heian era (794-1185) highly elaborate flat braids and cords associated with Buddhist and Shinto paraphernalia came into use. With the ascendancy of the warrior class, many braids were produced for use with armor and swords. This gave rise to the establishment of a braid culture centered on weaponry. Yet when the carrying of swords was officially outlawed and society was no longer founded on the samurai class, the time-honored techniques of braid work from the Edo era (1600-1868) were still close at hand in the form of accessory braids in formal and traditional dress. --------------------- ©一般財団法人伝統的工芸品産業振興協会 All Rights Reserved.