Comparison of culture and aesthetic sense on dyeing of stencil between Okinawa and the Mainland of Japan ―BIN-GATA, ISE-GATA, AIZU-GATA―

There are some kinds of dyeing of stencil in Japan; namely, BIN-GATA in Okinawa Prefecture, and ISE-GATA in Mie Prefecture and AIZU-GATA in Fukushima Prefecture of the mainland of Japan. Although dyeing of stencil has many kinds of techniques, the main technique of the dyeing of stencil is to set stencil design carved with figure on cloth. Dyeing work in which rice paste for resists is applied on the cloth before dyeing through a stencil paper (Kata-gami) is termed kata-zome (stencil dyeing). The kata-gami is made by gluing two or three sheets of Japanese paper together with persimmon tan. The main purpose of this study is to discuss social and cultural background, climate, and aesthetic sense of BIN-GATA to focus on color, figure and technique of dyeing of stencil compared with those in the mainland of Japan