Nakagawa
Nara Chakin – Handwoven Ramie Tea Cloth
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A hand-finished chakin (茶巾) — the white cloth used in Japanese tea ceremony — made by Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten in Nara, in the Nara Sarashi (奈良晒) ramie-weaving tradition.
The chakin is the original piece Nakagawa was founded around in 1716, when the company began in the Nara Sarashi linen trade. Nara was historically one of Japan's most important centres for the fine ramie textile that gave the tea ceremony its cloth. Sen no Rikyū valued the chakin so highly that he wrote it should be white and new — and that with a chakin alone, tea could be served.
This is the atsude (厚手, thick) weave — fully hand-spun and hand-woven ramie, finished with a hand-sewn overcast edge.
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