Enshu textile history
Since ancient times, the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture has been called Totomi no Kuni.It is what we call Enshu. This Enshu area has been one of the leading cotton producing areas in Japan since the middle of the Edo period. In the midst of such a foundation, in 1845 (Koka 2), Masaharu Inoue was transferred from the Tatebayashi Domain (currently near Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture) instead of the lord of the Hamamatsu Domain, Tadakuni Mizuno, who was famous for the reform of Tenpo. I came. Masaharu Inoue brought back the technology of loom from Tatebayashi. As a result of this success, the Enshu region has become a major textile producing area in Japan, and cotton cultivation, cotton yarn spinning, and cotton woven fabrics have become more popular. The birth of Enshu cotton pongee.