Tanbafu / Tanbanuno is a plain hand-woven cloth made of hand-spun silk and cotton in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture. Not only cotton but also tsumamiito (thread from defective cocoons) is used, taken from Kuzumayu (cocoon scraps). This tsumamiito cannot be made into silk but is woven into the weft thread of Tanbafu. Basic colors are indigo and brown combined with green to create a striped or checkered pattern. In addition to indigo, the natural dyes for brown color are from chestnut bark, mountain plum bark, and Japanese alder bark, and the yellow color is from arthraxon hispidus, Jerusalem artichoke, and loquat bark.
Tanba-Nuno is a type of fabric that is woven in Saji Village, Tanba Province (present-day Saji). It is a hand-woven plain fabric made by interweaving hand-spun cotton and silk, and was mainly woven until the end of the Meji era. It is recognized as a traditional craft of Hyogo Prefecture. It was originally called Shimanuki or Saji Cotton, when Soetse Yanagi introduced it under the name “Tanba-Nuno” in his publication Mingei in 1953, it became widely known by that name. Tanba-nuno is sometimes called: Tanba-fu,