Hirose gasuri originates from the Edo period when Sadako Nagaoka, the wife of Kensho Nagaoka, a town doctor in Hirose-cho, Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture, was taught the dyeing and weaving method of Kasuri in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture. The characteristic of Hirose gasuri is that it uses a unique paper pattern that is made by painting Japanese paper with persimmon tannin. The paper pattern is cut out and vertically enlarged to create a large combination of a picture and a geometric pattern.