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Space suit made using "Nishijin-ori" weaving

Photo taken in Kyoto on Aug. 7, 2025, shows a prototype of a space suit that was made using Kyoto's traditional "Nishijin-ori" weaving. The suit, developed under a space project involving Kyoto University, a Tokyo space venture company and other entities, will be displayed at the World Exposition in Osaka from Aug. 10.

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Medieval folding-screen painting re-created with brocade

KYOTO, Japan - A "Nishijin-ori" brocade version of the "Fujin Raijin" (Wind and Thunder Gods) painting drawn on a folding screen by Tawaraya Sotatsu in the Edo period (1603-1867) is displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2014. Nishijin-ori craftsmen spent seven years to complete the work using traditional weaving skills.

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Craftsmen re-create folding-screen painting with brocade

KYOTO, Japan - Two pieces of "Nishijin-ori" brocade made to re-create the "Fujin Raijin" (Wind and Thunder Gods) painting drawn on a folding screen by Tawaraya Sotatsu in the Edo period (1603-1867) are displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2014. Using traditional Nishijin-ori weaving skills, craftsmen spent seven years to complete the work.

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Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Fudo wins playoff to take Nishijin Ladies Classic

KUMAMOTO, Japan - JLPGA heavyweight Yuri Fudo holds the trophy after she won in the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 17, 2011.

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee (C) celebrates with her caddie after beating Chieko Amanuma (R) in a playoff to capture her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010.

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee (R) shakes hands with Chieko Amanuma after Park beat Amanuma in a playoff to capture her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010.

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee holds up the winner's trophy after capturing her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic gold tournament at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010.

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Kyoto brothers celebrate life of Nishijin art

KYOTO, Japan - Two artisan brothers in Kyoto -- Itaro Yamaguchi (R), 101, and his brother Yasujiro, 99 -- will celebrate their lifelong careers dedicated to Kyoto's famed Nishijin textile, opening their first joint exhibition in December in Tokyo. The exhibition will feature about 50 works, including ''Genji'' scrolls and Noh costumes.

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Remains of ancient Korean settlement found

The remains of an ancient site believed to have been used by early settlers in Japan from the Korean Peninsula during the early Kofun period have been found in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu. The site, found in the Nishijin Machi Ruins on the grounds of a high school, is believed to have been built between the early 3rd century and the late 4th century. The arrow indicates a kitchen oven that Tadashi Nishitani, a professor of archeology at Kyushu University, says might have been very common in the Korean Peninsula, but not in Japan.

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Remains of ancient Korean settlement found

The remains of an ancient site believed to have been used by early settlers in Japan from the Korean Peninsula during the early Kofun period have been found in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu. The site, found in the Nishijin Machi Ruins on the grounds of a high school, is believed to have been built between the early 3rd century and the late 4th century. The arrow indicates a kitchen oven that Tadashi Nishitani, a professor of archeology at Kyushu University, says might have been very common in the Korean Peninsula, but not in Japan. ==Kyodo

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A woman in profile

A fashionable woman with her hair in the shimada style wears a fancy nishijin-ori sash. Many photographs of this type were taken in response to the interest among Europeans in the kimono and hairstyles of Japanese women.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐26‐0]

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee (C) celebrates with her caddie after beating Chieko Amanuma (R) in a playoff to capture her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee (R) shakes hands with Chieko Amanuma after Park beat Amanuma in a playoff to capture her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Park claims 1st title in Japan with Nishijin playoff win

KUMAMOTO, Japan - South Korea's Park In Bee holds up the winner's trophy after capturing her first title in Japan at the Nishijin Ladies Classic gold tournament at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 18, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Fudo wins playoff to take Nishijin Ladies Classic

KUMAMOTO, Japan - JLPGA heavyweight Yuri Fudo holds the trophy after she won in the Nishijin Ladies Classic at Kumamoto Kuko Country Club in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 17, 2011.(Kyodo)

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Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Official shop of 2020 Tokyo Games

Photo taken May 30, 2019, shows a traditional textile produced in Kyoto called Nishijin-ori, on sale at the official shop of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in Kyoto that opened the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishijin fabric bearing "Galaxy Express 999" image

Photo taken July 13, 2018, shows a Nishijin fabric bearing a woven image of Maetel, a mysterious female character in the popular Japanese cartoon "Galaxy Express 999," at Nishijin Textile Center in Kyoto. The fabric, measuring about 2.6 meters in length and 1.3 m in width, will be displayed at an exhibition there running from July 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto brothers celebrate life of Nishijin art

KYOTO, Japan - Two artisan brothers in Kyoto -- Itaro Yamaguchi (R), 101, and his brother Yasujiro, 99 -- will celebrate their lifelong careers dedicated to Kyoto's famed Nishijin textile, opening their first joint exhibition in December in Tokyo. The exhibition will feature about 50 works, including ''Genji'' scrolls and Noh costumes. (Kyodo)