Japanese silk pamphlet that saved the deadly crisis of the European silk industry in the 19th century: 02 Tajima Yahei’s old home, 観光庁多言語解説文データベース
The Silk Savior: A Journey to Tajima Yahei’s Home and the Untold Story of Japan’s Impact on European Silk Imagine a world without silk. No luxurious fabrics, no elegant scarves, no shimmering gowns. In the mid-19th century, this was a very real possibility for Europe. A devastating disease, pébrine, was decimating silkworm populations, threatening the … Read more