Weaver, Seoso

[Seoso]
It must have been difficult for you to come all the way to visit me. Welcome to my house. I am Seoso, the Baekje weaver responsible for introducing weaving technology to Japan.

You may well know that weaving is the skill used to produce textured fabrics. In those days, we produced textiles on a loom equipped with a spindle whorl for spinning fibers into thread. Weaving was generally the duty of women from farming families. The completed fabrics were used to make clothing or were handed over to tax collectors as a form of tax payment. The most luxurious fabric, silk, was often exported to China or Japan.

The advanced weaving techniques employed by Baekje craftspeople were later exported to Japan. The expertise of many weavers, along with the considerable quantities of silk that the Baekje King offered to Japan, helped them to establish their own industry. Ancient Japan owed a debt to the Kingdom of Baekje for its highly developed weaving and dyeing techniques.