{"product_id":"tamaki-niime-9-2026","title":"Tamaki Niime 9.2026","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage \u0026amp; technique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fabric is Banshu-ori (播州織), a weaving technique that started in 1792 - over \u003cstrong\u003e230 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt began when a local carpenter, Yasubei Hida, brought weaving knowledge back from Kyoto's Nishijin textile district to Nishiwaki, Hyogo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBanshu-ori's defining feature is \u003cem\u003esaki-zome\u003c\/em\u003e (先染め) — the yarn is dyed \u003cstrong\u003ebefore\u003c\/strong\u003e it's woven, not after. This is what creates the depth and subtle color variation you see in the fabric.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBanshu-ori accounts for over 70% of all yarn-dyed textile production in Japan - it's the industry standard for this technique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the founder \u0026amp; brand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFounded in 2004 by designer Niime Tamaki, who moved to Nishiwaki specifically to work with Banshu-ori artisans after searching for \"the ideal fabric.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe started weaving herself in 2010 on a \u003cstrong\u003ebelt-driven power loom built in 1965\u003c\/strong\u003e — the brand still uses vintage looms (1965, 1967, 1983) alongside newer equipment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnlike most apparel brands, tamaki niime controls the \u003cem\u003eentire\u003c\/em\u003e process in-house: growing cotton, spinning yarn, dyeing, weaving, sewing, finishing - all done at their own lab in Nishiwaki.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNishiwaki is known as \"the Navel of Japan\" - the geographic center point of the country. 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