Kuzuri Keori (DOMINX)'s Items
〜 Textile manufacturer for suits and formal wear 〜
Founded in 1912. In 1931, it switched from linen and cotton to wool fabrics, and even today it continues to pass down low-tech techniques from generation to generation, remaining one of Japan’s leading textile manufacturers that keeps producing valuable Bishu-traditional products. Since the early Showa period, it has introduced and continued to use shuttle looms; today, when high-speed looms such as air-jet looms are widespread, these looms are no longer manufactured and only a small number remain in operation, making them a machine once called a masterpiece. The textile produced on these shuttle looms has the handwoven character unique to ultra-slow automatic looms. Each part performs its role like the hands of a single craftsman, working gently, slowly, and carefully without damaging the