15 Minutes

A Treasured Creation: The Master Weavers of Amami (2022x9)

Air date: Feb 16, 2022

One of Japan's most prized textiles comes from a subtropical island where the makers still hew to the methods of 1,300 years ago. Using indigenous plants and ponds of iron-rich mud, the artisans of Amami-Oshima create luxurious silk pongee, threading the island's long history of poverty and oppression into their craft.