{"id":"ajrakh","no":754,"name":"Ajrakh","ja":"アジュラク型染め","era":"living tradition","family":"染織の伝統","kind":"技法","source":{"title":"Khamir — Ajrakh: craft and artisan histories","url":"https://exhibitions-khamir.org/ajrakh"},"essence":"シンドとカッチに結び付く、木版、防染、染色を重ねる布の伝統。藍、赤、白、黒の対比と、星や花形の細かな幾何学的反復が面を作る。布の中央と縁を分け、産地と作り手の工程を重視する。青い幾何学模様のプリント一般を指す名称ではない。","cues":["藍と赤に白い抜きと暗い輪郭を合わせる","星や花形の単位が細かな格子として連なる","中央の反復を複数の縁の帯が囲む","木版を重ねる位置と色の層が模様を組み立てる"],"intents":["静けさ","親密"],"pair":["kalamkari","batik"],"study":["Khamir — Khatri artisan histories","Sindh and Kachchh block-printing traditions","Indigo, madder, resist printing and contemporary materials"],"works":["型染めの展示で、木版の単位と染色の層から完成した布を説明するとき","作り手との布や室内の企画で、中央の反復と縁の比率を検討するとき"],"recipe":{"type":"産地と作り手の情報は独立したラベルへ置き、模様の隙間へ無理に文字を押し込まない。","layout":"一つの反復単位と複数の縁の帯を決め、縮小しても中央と縁が分かれる密度にする。","material":"版、下地、染色と防染の試験を重ね、色ごとの位置と抜きの形を記録する。"},"avoid":"藍色だけでアジュラクと呼ばない。現代の合成染料やデジタル印刷との違いを残し、シンドの布をカッチの作品として表示しない。","colors":["#28394B","#993B34","#E0D4B9"],"motif":"textile","collection":"Dictionary expansion 49","addedAt":"2026-10-05","reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://exhibitions-khamir.org/ajrakh","credit":"Khamir — Ajrakh: craft and artisan histories","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ajrak.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ajrak.jpg","credit":"Ajrak cloth, Sindh — photo: Ahub1988 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0"}]},"en":{"essence":"A textile tradition associated with Sindh and Kachchh, building patterns through wooden blocks, resists and successive dyeing. Indigo, red, white and black commonly support small geometric repeats within distinct borders. Place and the maker's process matter; a blue geometric print alone is insufficient.","cues":["Indigo and red beside white reserves and dark outlines","Small star or floral units forming a continuous grid","Multiple border bands around a repeated central field","Registration and colour layers assembling the pattern"],"works":["Explaining a finished cloth through block units and colour layers","Working with makers on the proportions of central repeats and border bands"],"recipe":{"type":"Give place and maker information its own label rather than forcing text into the pattern.","layout":"Plan one repeat and several border bands, checking that their hierarchy survives reduction.","material":"Test blocks, ground, dye and resist, recording the registration and reserved areas of each layer."},"avoid":"Indigo alone does not make ajrakh. Document synthetic dyes and digital reproductions, and do not label a Sindhi cloth as a Kachchh work."},"links":{"page":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/ajrakh","json":"https://indexstyle.org/api/styles/ajrakh","designSpec":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/ajrakh/design.md","imagePrompt":"https://indexstyle.org/styles/ajrakh/prompt.txt"},"usage":{"license":"CC-BY-4.0","licenseName":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org","attributionUrl":"https://indexstyle.org","scope":"Original IndexStyle text and structured data. Reference images, quoted works, and third-party material are excluded and retain their own rights."}}