Japan's tufting association descends from an 1895 hand-knotting guild
Research finding · not yet checked at the source
- Date
- 1895
- Collection
- Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
- Publisher
- Japan Carpet Manufacturers' Association (日本カーペット工業組合), carpet.or.jp/aboutus/
- Themes
- Global diffusion of tufting
Cite this source
“Japan’s tufting association descends from an 1895 hand-knotting guild.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record. carpet.or.jp/aboutus.
Research notes
An unbroken institutional line from the Osaka Prefecture Dantsu Trade Association to the modern Japan Carpet Manufacturers' Association. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): confirmed. Minor: the source reads '1895年（明治28年）に設立された大阪府緞通同業組合を淵源としています' (the quote drops '(明治28年)'). Add: the present association formed in Sept 1995 by merging 日本特殊毛織物等工業組合 (1958) and 日本カーペット協会 (1968; originally 日本タフテッドカーペット協会, renamed 1973). 'Unbroken line' is the association's own framing. Source: 組合について (About the association) – 日本カーペット工業組合 (Japan Carpet Manufacturers' Association). Found at: https://carpet.or.jp/aboutus/