5678-DORO Amami mud-dyed Flannel Shirts

AMAMI DOROZOME

The ancient dyeing technique "Amami Mud Dyeing" has taken root on Amami Oshima Island since ancient times. There are no detailed records of its origin. However, there is a record that brown pongee was presented from southern Japan to Todaiji Temple in Nara and to the Shosoin Repository. This was around the time of the Nara Period, more than 1,300 years ago. Amami Mud Dyeing] is dyed with the boiled water of Teichigi trees (10 to 30 years old) that grow wild on Amami Oshima Island. It is an ancient dyeing method that has been handed down from generation to generation, in which the dye is repeatedly dyed in a muddy field containing high iron content due to the influence of an ancient layer 1.5 million years ago. Amami Mud Dyeing" is a dyeing method that utilizes only the nature of Amami Oshima Island. Amami Mud Dyeing", which utilizes only the nature of Amami Oshima, produces gentle, deep, powerful, and astringent colors that cannot be synthesized with chemical dyestuffs. The beautiful and careful workmanship created through the hands of passionate craftsmen is the result of the natural and traditional techniques of Amami Oshima and Takojima. The history of the nature of Amami-Oshima and the people who have inherited it since ancient times is alive in this product. This color is a rich natural gift from the earth, the mother of the earth, to nurture our hearts.