일본 ‘도쿠시마(德島)’ 지역의 쪽염색 제품 현황 조사

Market Survey of the Natural Indigo Dyed Products of Tokushima in Japan

The purpose of this study was to analyze the natural indigo dyed products in Tokushima, Japan. In this study, 1,409 natural indigo dyed products were used for analysis. The results of this study are as follows; The highest ordered product categories were fashion accessories, followed by interior decoration products, adult clothes, and indigo dyed fabrics. The most frequent products were coasters, followed by wallets․purses, towels(handkerchiefs), natural indigo dyed fabrics, and scarves. In the pattern used for natural indigo dyed products, 89.9% of products have patterns. Regarding the kinds of patterns for natural indigo dyed products, over 40 kinds of various patterns were used. The most frequent patterns were stripe patterns, followed by flower patterns, abstraction pattern, dot patterns, etc. Concerning the price of the products, 5,000-10,000￥was the highest for shirts and blouses, with under 5,000￥and 5,000-10,000￥for T-shirts, under 1,000￥ for wallets and purses, 1,000-2,000￥for towels (handkerchiefs), over 5,000￥for scarves and bags, under 1,000￥for coasters, 10,000-15,000￥for curtains, and 1,000-2,000￥for natural indigo dyed fabrics.