This Iwaki delta area had smaller crops owing to its more severe climate, and farmers did not have much time to make kogin zashi, so there are not many clothes preserved. Mishima kogin dress has three vividly striped embroidered zones on the front and the back of the clothes. In between, the cloth is decorated with embroidered block patterns made of lozenges.
See also: higashi kogin; nishi kogin
Sources:
- KIYOKO, Ogikubo (1993). Kogin and Sashiko Stitch, Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin.
- HIROSAKI KOGIN INSTITUTE, Co., Ltd (2013). Tsugaru Kogin – Zashi, Technique and Patterns, Tokyo: Seibundo Shinkosha
- TANAKA, Chuaburo (2009). Michinoku no Kofu no Sekai (The world of old textiles in northern part of Honshu Island, Japan), Tokyo: Kawaide Shobo Shinso.
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 5 July 2015).
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