Okinawan Studies: BLOG / News

New Acquisition: Bingata! Only in Okinawa from Okinawa Prefectural Government

The Okinawa Collection received 2 copies (1 hardcover & 1 softcover) of Bingata! : Only in Okinawa from Okinawa Prefectural Government.

This is an exhibit catalog, and the exhibit was held at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 2016.

• https://museum.gwu.edu/bingata (English)
• http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/site/chijiko/kohokoryu/culturespirit/jp/documents/bingata.html (In Japanese)

The Library has several resources related to bingata (traditional Okinawan dyeing).

1. Dyeing originated in Okinawa : Bingata (1989)
2. Textile art of Okinawa / Reiko Mochinaga Brandon and Barbara B. Stephan (1990)
3. Okinawa no senshoku = Okinawa's dyed and woven textile (2003) DVD 
4. Bingata : Ryukyu Ōchō no iro to katachi : Okinawa fukki 40-shūnen kinen = Bingata : colors and shapes of the Ryukyu Dynasty : commemorating the 40th anniversary of the reversion of Okinawa to Japan (2012)

The University of the Rryukyus Library's Okinawa Collection issues a monthly column titled Kijimun's Monologue (English version and Japnaese version). December 2017 issue is about Bingata. The column will become available online in January 20108.