纐こう纈けち

noun

Nara-era tie-dyeing technique

Historical textile term referring to a specific resist-dyeing method used during the Nara period (710–794). Rarely used in modern conversation except in art history or traditional craft contexts.

• 正しょう倉そう院いんには纐こう纈けちの布ぬのが保ほ存ぞんされている。

  Kōkechi cloth is preserved in the Shōsōin.

• 纐こう纈けちは奈な良ら時じ代だいに盛さかんだった染せん色しょく技ぎ法ほうの一ひとつだ。

  Kōkechi is one of the dyeing techniques that flourished during the Nara period.