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Kihachijo
The name of this fabric means yellow (ki) eight (hachi)jo (a fabric measure equivalent to 3.787 m); that is, yellow silk made in a piece measuring 30.3m. The island on which the fabric is made, located within the prefectural district of Tokyo, is named Hachijojima after its famous product. Kihachijo has a yellow ground with a checked pattern of brown and black, the yellow coming from a grass called Hachijo kariyasu (Arthraxon hispidus Makino).
Over ten dyeing processes are required to produce a durable colour, a colour that is said to be resistant to washing and fading for up to forty years. The fabric is still woven by hand on traditional high looms, but the quantity produced is relatively small.