★ UNIQUE N STUNNING ADDITION  - vintage japanese kimono fabric - ASUKA ORI WOOL! ★
 
Asuka, located in Nara Prefecture about 25km south of of Nara city, is regarded as the birthplace of the Japanese state and a well-spring of Japanese culture.
 
Asuka area contains the first temples, shrines, tombs, and stone monuments of Japan. Although it is not the most well-known of Japan's capitals, it was one of the first, serving as the political, artistic, and religious center of Japan during the 5th and 6th centuries.
 
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The capital first established in Asuka was to move later to Heijo Kyo (Nara) in 710 and then again to Kyoto in 794, where it would remain until 1868.
 
This was a time of great change in Japan. It was here, in the Kashihara  area, that the first emperor is thought to have taken the throne. During the Asuka period (538-710) Buddhism arrived from China, bringing with it many other cultural innovations. This period marked the first time that Japan functioned as a unified national state.
 
Asuka's roots go even deeper than the historical era that bears its name, back to the Kofun, or Old Mound period (250-552). This era gets its name from the burial practice of large, key-shaped earthen mounds surrounded by moats.
 
Timeless weave, superb gradations, perfection in design, suitable for any interior.
 
The dyeing culture is ostensibly harmonious with nature and participates in a long historical reverence for and dialogue with it.
 
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