Okinawan stencil dyeing; Okinawan dyed cloth
Refers both to the traditional resist-dyeing technique using a single stencil to create colorful patterns, and to the cloth made by this method. Strongly associated with Okinawan culture.
Okinawan bingata is characterized by its vivid colors.
She attended the ceremony wearing a bingata kimono.
The term 紅型 (びんがた) is of Okinawan origin. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it is conventionally associated with the characters 紅 (red/crimson) and 型 (pattern/stencil), reflecting the technique's use of stencils and its characteristic vivid colors.