Samurai Secrets: Three True Stories of Aizome (Indigo Dyeing) - AIZOME (North America)

Samurai Secrets: Three True Stories of Aizome (Indigo Dyeing)

On March 2, 1657, bystanders on the hills west of Edo (present-day Tokyo) were looking down on a city ablaze in a massive ring of fire. It was another display of "the flowers of Edo", as the fires ...

The Fascinating History of Aizome - AIZOME (North America)

The Fascinating History of Aizome

Japanese ukiyo-e maestro Hiroshige's woodblock print, Wakamurasaki, shows a young Prince Genji getting a first glimpse of lady Murasaki in an illustration from Murasaki Shikibu's, The Tale of Genji...

How I Feel About My Skin Disease - AIZOME (North America)

How I Feel About My Skin Disease

Being prone to different skin conditions like psoriasis, eczema, cystic acne, redness, etc. is quite uncomfortable. People who do not have it have no idea what we go through. Commonly, skin conditi...