The designer who learned a Japanese traditional

painting raises a design based on the theme of

the work and draws it with a brush.

Taking the design in a computer, arranging colors,

and then examining the design of completion.

Using a brush and a liquid containing a blue fugitive

dye extracted from the flower of a cultivated hybrid

of the dayflower, the design is then transferred into

white cloth.

Tracing the design with gum glue to resist dyeing

the outline. To trace the design, craftsmen use a

small Kakishubu paper tube with a cap. The tube is

called Ito-me. The gum glue is set in Ito-me, and

squeezed out of the cap. Washing the cloth with

water to remove the Aobana. Then, set it up to dry.

Coating the design with a special glue to resist

dyeing the design. The glue is made of glutinous

rice, called Hon-nori. It is a traditional glue in Japan,

which has been used for a very long time. After

coating, making a sweep on the cloth to expel any

remaining air and sprinkle with powder to dry the glue.

Gojiru is a mix of Endocladiaceae (a kind of seaweed)

and soybean powder soaked in water for 1 hour,

strained through a cloth. Coating both sides of the

cloth with Gojiru dyes the ground color uniformly.

Dyeing the ground color. Sometimes dyeing several

times for the valid color.

Based on the design of completion made with CG,

coating the cloth with Gojiru again. Then, painting the

design with many kinds of brushes. It is the most

essential part of Yuzen.

Dyeing parts with white powder made from burnt

oyster shells to create beautiful white parts.

Decorating with embroidery and gold paint.

Drawing the outlines of the patterns with paste

mixed with gold.

We sew Yuzen fabric which has already been

finished with pattern matching process, with a

business-use sewing machine. "Chirimen fabric,

silk crepe," is so elastic that we pay the closest

attention to this process.

We use a first-class material which shades the light

for lining. This material is also "fireproof," contains

"lightproof dyes" and have "a foul water-repellent

treatment."