What Shibori Hisada is known for
Shibori Hisada has sold Arimatsu shibori tie-dye since 1913, when it branched off an older house on the old Tokaido road; the wider Arimatsu shibori tradition dates back some 400 years. Now run by a fourth generation from two stores in Nagoya, it makes yukata, kimono, clothing and accessories in resist-dye patterns.
Arimatsu, the Nagoya district where the shop stands, was established in 1608 after Tokugawa Ieyasu made his ninth son Yoshinao daimyo of Owari; tie-dyed indigo hand towels made there soon after are considered the origin of Arimatsu shibori, a craft that expanded over four centuries into more than 100 distinct resist-dyeing techniques.
The Hisada shop's own lineage runs through an older house, Hashimotoya, said to have been founded on the old Tokaido road during the Genroku era (1688-1704). In 1913, the tenth-generation head of Hashimotoya branched off to found an independent shop under the name Hisada, becoming its first-generation owner as Hisada Kinnojo. A second-generation owner, Hisada Haruyoshi, took over at age fifteen in 1928 after his predecessor's death, and a fourth generation, Hisada Koichiro, became company president in 1990.
The shop today operates a main store and a station-front store, both in the Arimatsu neighborhood of Nagoya's Midori Ward, selling furisode and other kimono, yukata, Western clothing, accessories and interior textiles dyed in Arimatsu shibori patterns, along with custom orders and gift packaging.
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Best for — Arimatsu shibori tie-dye kimono, yukata and accessories
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