Tsujigahana tutorial

[gurdymonkey]

Tsujigahana, to the uninitiated, is a tie-dye technique that became popular in Japan in the 15th and 16th centuries. Given that I don't speak Japanese, I think the garment shown in the beginning of the video  belonged to Tokugawa Ieyasu, making it late 16th-early 17th century. The plugs inserted inside the reserved areas help keep the dye out of them. In period, the reserved areas would have been capped with bits of bamboo instead of Scotch tape. 

Scroll down here to see a 16th century fragment from a tsujigahana garment which combines large reserved areas as shown in the video, kanoko (fawn spot) shibori, and even detail painting with black ink.