Nishiki is the art of traditional silk weaving in Japan.Nishiki represents the pinnacle of silk as a work of art. It has always been highly revered by the Japanese people and a great source of national pride.

Nishiki is woven on takabata looms. The high precision and skill level required to weave this fabric and the resulting extraordinary beauty and quality demands that it be distinguished from ordinary brocade by giving it a distinctive name, Nishiki.

In the Japanese language, the idiographic character used for Nishiki is a combination of the symbol for woven cloth combined with the symbol for gold, implying that the value of Nishiki is equal to that of money. Nishiki is created through the combined skills of numerous craftsmen, involving a broad range of technical processes that require time and patience.

As the silk threads, each shining like gold, combine with one another, they come to harmonise as a brilliantly colored, dazzling, sublimely created Nishiki creation.

The superb visual-textural feeling of silk’s infinite variations and hues, enhanced through processes cultivated over a millennium, is translated into works of art.

One of the main defining characteristics of Nishiki is that it is woven in layers, creating a three-dimensional effect. The individual translucent silk threads are like glass rods with a slightly rounded, triangular prism shape.