Men's hemp gauze casual kimonoHemp went out of fashion in the Meiji period (1860 1912), when indigo cotton exploded on the scene. Increasingly efficient cotton crops and a revolution in the process of indigo dyeing rendered the production of hemp comparitively clumsy. The rural area of Japan , being less swayed by fashion and industrialisation, held on to their classic methods of fixing indigo and hemp farming. This chambray is composed of a sunbleached warp and richly dyed indigo