El tintorero de Kioto innova la técnica tradicional negra para un tono más profundo

En Kioto, el joven de 27 años Kengo Banba está revitalizando el taller de teñido familiar de 150 años adaptando la prestigiosa técnica de teñido negro kuro-zome a la ropa occidental. Ante el cierre inminente por la enfermedad de su abuelo, su madre tomó las riendas del negocio, y ahora Banba continúa el legado persiguiendo un negro 'más negro que el negro'.

En el barrio Nakagyo de Kioto, cerca del lugar donde el señor feudal del siglo XVI Oda Nobunaga encontró su fin, el taller Banba Senkogyo utiliza el agua de la fuente Yanagi no Mizu, rica en hierro y apreciada por el maestro del té Sen no Rikyu. Este agua es ideal para la especialidad familiar, el teñido negro kuro-zome. Kengo Banba, de 27 años, se unió al negocio hace casi tres años y se convirtió en el jefe de sexta generación en enero de 2023, a los 24.

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