ジャガタラ縞じま

noun

striped fabric from Java

Archaic term for a striped cotton (sometimes mixed with silk) fabric imported from Java during the Edo period. Now a historical textile term.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、ジャガタラ縞じまは舶はく来らいの珍めずらしい織おり物ものとして人にん気きがあった。

  In the Edo period, jagatara-jima was popular as a rare imported fabric.