Rinzu

{{Short description|Silk satin fabric of Japan}} {{For|the anime character Rinzu Kuroda|Lime-iro Senkitan}} {{italic title}} thumb|upright|Woodblock print (between {{c.|1100 and 1400}}) illustrating a stylized floral design used in {{transliteration|ja|rinzu}} fabric

{{Nihongo||綸子|'''Rinzu'''}} is a Japanese silk satin damask.<ref>Harmuth, Louis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LVEhAAAAMAAJ ''Dictionary of Textiles'']. Fairchild Publishing Company (1915), p. 132. OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/1310083 1310083].</ref><ref>Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ''Art Treasures from Japan''. Kodansha International (1965), p. 195. OCLC [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/192195 192195].</ref> It was the preferred fabric for kimono in the Edo period.<ref>Ishimura Hayao et al. ''Robes of Elegance: Japanese Kimonos of the 16th-20th Centuries''. North Carolina Museum of Art (1988), p. 1. {{ISBN|0-88259-955-0}}.</ref>

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