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Kyoto Talk 005: Mizuhiki & Hanamusubi - Japanese Knotting

Notes: The histories of Japan clearly record the wrapping of a gift from China to the Japanese Emperor in 607CE which so impressed him with its elegance that it gave rise to the art of mizuhiki. Hanamusubi is obviously an art closely related to mizuhiki, although hanamusubi’s rise is closely tied to the introduction of Buddhism (in the 6th century, gaining mass acceptance closer to the 8th century)

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Kyoto Talk 004: Maedup - Korean Knotting

Notes: Cord braiding and silk knotting arrived with the Chinese Lolang colony in northwestern Korea in approximately 10 BCE. Integration of decorative knots as a part of traditional Korean dress seems to have happened during the Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE - 668 CE). Decorative knotting evolved in the hands of fishermen and textile artisans in the general population until the late 19th-early 20th centuries when royal norigae artisans under pressure to create newer, different, better, and more did exactly that.

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Kyoto Talk 003: Jie Yi - Chinese Knotting

Notes: As with so many things to do with the history, development and culture of China, Korea and Japan, the situation is not well defined and each has influenced the other. That being said, it is generally agreed by experts in each nation that decorative knotting traditions probably began in China.

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Knots as Recorded History

The second slide deals with knots as recorded history. Immediately the problem of researching the provenance of the images rears it’s ugly head, but at least I found one. Have fun following the links! 8)

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Hey, blog posts can be book pages. Will have to try that….

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