Furoshiki
Cotton
Stenciled paste resist
This small furoshiki is decorated with a poem that is very difficult to read. (Readers who can decipher the furoshiki are highly encouraged to write in.)
The furoshiki is green, a color which did not exist in Japan in a single natural dye. It was necessary to overdye, using blue and yellow. In the crest above, it is possible to see very small places where the two colors do not overlap, and blue and yellow are just barely visible. (Double click for best results.)
Below is the reverse side of the furoshiki. The poem is clearly visible, showing that the furoshiki was dyed and resisted on both sides.
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the double sided resist is always amazing to me. I recently saw that there was an app developed to help read older style hiragana.