From Nagasaki list:'s post
Yes, the exhibition at list started with Warp and Weft, a fabric event that we started with Yanma Sangyo. (Kiyariko graduated from Warp and Weft last year, but of course we are still connected!)
I began to unravel the history of Japanese cotton fabrics, which is why I decided to include "Santome" in the name of my Indian company. I thought there might be some connection between the Aizu cotton fabrics used by Yanma Sangyo and the Coromandel and Santome fabrics from India, as well as the Tozandome fabrics that were brought over to Japan.
Starting this year, we have also resumed a project in South India that was initially suspended before COVID-19.
The opportunity for this project was sparked by a talk event held in Dejima, Nagasaki.
The stripes in the photo are modeled after stripes from a certain region of Japan and were woven in Bengal around 2016 or 2017, but the pattern is one that would likely be found in Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.
These Indian stripes entered Japan via Java and other places,
In Japan, similar stripes are woven,
These pieces were then used to weave the same stripes again in India, and the clothes were then sent to Japan.
Manisha Parekh, a contemporary artist and friend, purchased it in Japan and brought it back to India.
@manisha.parekh5
And the photos sent to Japan today. (The two below)
India->Japan->India->Japan->India->Japan
The fascinating thing about cloth is that it is nurtured and exchanged through multiple trips.
I never thought such an era would come.
The exhibition at Nagasaki Dejima List will run until the 30th.
Please take a look.
@list_dejima
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Kasuri Striped Khadi Cotton
The predecessor to CALICO's solo exhibition was the joint exhibition Warp & Weft with Yanma Sangyo (how nostalgic). The "Kasuri Stripe" Khadi cotton made in India based on the kasuri design at that time has arrived as a loose shirt and a new V-neck long sleeve shirt for the first time in a long time. It is a cool and light shirt made of slightly sheer Khadi cotton.
CALICO Travel Report 2025
June 20th (Friday) - 30th (Monday)
11:00-18:00 Closed on the 24th (Tue)
Ajurak, block print, jamdani, indigenous organic cotton, kantha...handmade fabrics grown in various parts of the vast India convey the climate and history of each land, and the presence of the people who once lived there.
This year too, you can enjoy to your heart's content in the List: space the clothes and accessories that Kiriko's representative Kobayashi has made with artisans from all over the Indian subcontinent as he travels throughout the country.
"Fabric travels and propagates through time and space.
So that they can carry the thoughts of those who made them and be remembered as the living embodiment of those who wear them.
Fabric is a mirror that reflects our imagination.
By wearing handmade fabric
We can continue our journey.”
This year too, Kyarico and the Bengali brand MAkU TEXTILE will be bringing the modern Indian vibe to Nagasaki.