Awa Shijira weaving is a type of cotton striped fabric called "Tatae-ori" that was widely woven in the Awa region at the end of the 18th century. Improvements were made to this fabric at the beginning of the Meiji era.
There are various theories about what prompted the improvement, but all of them say that it started when someone discovered that when they dried a wet piece of cloth in the sun, a natural and interesting crinkle formed on the surface of the cloth.

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  1. The fabric shall be a crinkled fabric woven using the following techniques or methods.
  (1) The fabric shall be a mixed weave of pre-dyed plain weave and weft rib weave.
  (2) The warp threads shall consist of "ground warp threads" and "reeding threads," and the threading of the "ground warp threads" and "reeding threads" through the heddles and pulling them into the reed shall be done by hand.
  (3) Weaving while adjusting the position of the "twill bamboo" to maintain a uniform tension difference between the "ground warp threads" and the "batten threads".
  (4) The wrinkles should be formed by "hot water massage".

  2. Dyeing shall be done by hand immersion dyeing. In this case, the dye shall be a plant-based dye made from indigo.

   

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  The yarn used should be cotton.