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2: A Screen Dyeing Craftsman

The surikomi style of dyeing pictured here consists of applying color patterns to cloth by using several heavy paper screens with excised designs, as the man in the lower right section of the painting is doing. The man at the left draws water from a well while the woman rinses the white cloth that is to be dyed. In the upper part of the picture, we see how the patterned cloth (of the type used for kimono) is dried on bamboo racks. The man on the left starches it with a broad brush. An interesting method of combined drying and stretching is shown in the short piece of cloth directly under the roof. This consists of fastening the selvage to thin bamboo bows provided with pins at each end.