@article{oai:atomi.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000654, author = {Karen, J.MACK}, issue = {45}, journal = {跡見学園女子大学文学部紀要, JOURNAL OF ATOMI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LITERATURE}, month = {Sep}, note = {application/pdf, text, With the recent yukata boom in the last few years, yukata of elaborate and colorful designs have appeared in number. While this trend might be considered a new fashin, in the Edo period yukata were likewise worn at times as fashionable casual dress with a multiple of elaborate patterns made with expensive labor-intensive dyeing techniques, primarily tie-dye and stencil dyeing. This essay considers one of these dye techniques, the traditional naga-ita chugata aizome method of stencil dyeing,and describes the details of this dyeing technique based on personal observation of the process at the Noguchi Some-Kojo workshop in Hachioji, Tokyo.}, pages = {A1--A10}, title = {The Naga-ita Chugata Aizome Dyeing Technique}, year = {2010} }