white fabric with splash patterns; white kimono with dark splash patterns
Refers to a traditional Japanese textile, typically white with black or indigo kasuri (splash) patterns. Used for kimono or cloth.
A white kasuri kimono came out of my grandmother's chest of drawers.
This white kasuri fabric has beautiful indigo-dyed patterns.
飛白 is an alternate kanji for かすり, used in the rare spelling 白飛白 for this word.
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional textile term.
Alternate kanji spelling using 飛白 for かすり; less common than 白絣.
Compound of 白 (しろ, 'white') and 絣 (かすり, 'splash pattern'). The reading しろがすり reflects rendaku voicing of かすり.