Kawashima Textile Mills

The mill, located in Kyoto, has a history of producing some of the world's finest modern tapestries and its origins can be traced to 1843, when Kawashima Jimbei (1819-?) opened his fabrics store in Kyoto. The development of the weaving business is credited to his son, also named Jimbei, who built a mill to produce fine textiles and was to become known as the "Father of original Japanese weaving, tsuzure." In 1887, Jimbei received a special order for the production and delivery of decorative fabrics for the Meiji Imperial Court, the first order of its kind in Japan for decorative fabrics for the Imperial Household.

Associated with the mill is the Kawashima Textile School.