“Collaboration Event with Ryukyu Bingata @ Naha City”
Bingata, nurtured over a long history and continuing to captivate people with its unique colors and patterns, refers to "colors" for the "red" in Bingata and "patterns" for the "kata." Its origins are said to date back to the 13th to 14th centuries. During the Ryukyu Kingdom era, Bingata was mainly used for the clothing of royalty and nobility, not for common people. The Ryukyu Kingdom maintained peace through trade with various Asian countries, including the Chinese mainland, and Japan proper. During the Ryukyu Kingdom era, which lasted for over 400 years, Bingata was influenced by various cultures. The colors of the sea, the sky, the flowers, and the mountains.…