ph.d. presentation 23.03.06 leuven. belgium
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BASHOFU: BANANA-FIBRE CLOTH ANDITS TRANSFORMATIONS OF USAGE AND MEANING
ACROSS BOUNDARIES OF PLACE AND TIMEIN THE RYUKYU ARCHIPELAGO
Katrien HendrickxKatrien Hendrickx
23 March 200623 March 2006
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CONTENTS
Subject and purpose of this study
Research questions and methods
Key findings and importance of this study
Future research
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SUBJECT AND PURPOSE
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The raw material:fibre banana plants (Musa balbisiana)
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silk-like bashofu
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to clarify bashofu’s origins
to give an overall picture of the acculturation of bashofu weaving through history
in the Ryukyu Archipelago
PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND METHODS
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What is the origin and provenance of Ryukyuan bashofu?
2. Why and how did banana-fibre weaving develop in the Ryukyu archipelago?
3. What are the characteristics of present-day bashofu?
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M E T H O D S
viewpoints from various fields• history
• folklore
• phytohistory
participant observation
viewpoints from technical experience
• philology
fieldwork
• botany
• ethnography
text analysis
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SOURCES
• Ryukyuan and Japanese primary sources
> written sources> pictorial sources: drawings, paintings, photographs
• Chinese and Western primary and secondary sources
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M E T H O D Sviewpoints from various fields
• history
• folklore
• phytohistory
participant observation
viewpoints from technical experience
• philology
fieldwork
• botany
• ethnography
text analysis
comparison of bashofu with Musa-fibre cloth
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SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS
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Map showing the distribution of Musa species in East and Southeast Asia
(source: P. Pollefeys et al., Preliminary analysis of the literature on the distribution of wild Musa species using MGIS and DIVA-GIS. 2004. (P.4))
RYUKYU
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• Musa balbisiana was introduced into the Ryukyu Archipelagoby man
SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS
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Map showing the distribution of Musa species in East and Southeast Asia
(source: P. Pollefeys et al., Preliminary analysis of the literature on the distribution of wild Musa species using MGIS and DIVA-GIS. 2004. (P.4))
RYUKYU? ?
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roton-ori
hana-ori
techniques of Chinese origin such as
dubble-faced float weave
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The boiling of banana fibre in an alkaline solution
Amami
(19th century)Shuri, May 2000 Yaeyama,
December 2001
Shuri (19th century)
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• Musa balbisiana was introduced into the Ryukyu Archipelagoby manfrom Southern China
• Bashofu weaving in the Ryukyu Archipelago
replaced silk at the Shuri court
developed first at the Shuri court
spread throughout the islands from the 18th C onwardswas never interrupted during World War II in some Yaeyama and Amami Islands
of Okinawa’s cultural identity
SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS
• Bashofu became a symbol
of Japan’s cultural diversity
as tributary gift to the Ming court
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FUTURE RESEARCH
fieldwork outside the Ryukyu Archipelago
in Southern China
in Northern China
• comparison of Musa-fibre cloth with bashofu
• Musa balbisiana in Fujian province?
• research on remaining material examples of previous Ryukyuan bashofu
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for
your
attention
THANKYOU