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Nishijin-oriNishijin-ori

Also known as: Nishijin weaving・西陣織

Kyoto's high-grade yarn-dyed figured textile. The place name "Nishijin" comes from the ground west of the Horikawa where the Western Army camped in the Onin War (from 1467), where weaving later flourished.

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