Ogura-ori, striped stripe

Kokura-ori is a traditional fabric woven in the Toyomae Kokura domain (Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture) since the early Edo period (1603-1868) for use in hakama (traditional Japanese male dress) and obi (obi sash).
The weaving was temporarily discontinued in the early Showa period during the war, but was restored in 1984 by Noriko Tsukishiro, a dyeing and weaving artist, from a small piece of cloth she happened to come across, and machine-woven into a wide cloth to revive it as a modern fabric.

The furoshiki, a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth, was awarded the 2010 Good Design Award for its strong and beautiful vertical stripes, which were created as a new Kokura-ori fabric.