Lasem is a sub-district city in Rembang Regency, Central Java is known as Batik City, Batik Lasem or Batik Laseman, which is famous for its features as beautiful coastal batik with bold coloring, namely the typical color of chicken blood red color, ‘green bottle’ and dark blue color.
Batik Lasem is also known as Batik Tiga Negeri, because the coloring process through three times of the process, another peculiarity of Batik Lasem is located in its shade that is a combination of Chinese cultural influence, local culture of Central Java’s northern coastal society as well as the culture of Keraton Solo and Yogyakarta.
The history of Batik Lasem is guided with the history of the arrival of Laksamana Cheng Ho in Java on 1413. In the record at Babad Lasem (1479 M) mentions, the son of the ship Dhang Puhawang Tzeng Ho from Tiong Hwa State, Bi Nang Un and his wife Na Li Ni chose to settle in the Bonang area and began to typ.
Motivation makes Chinese or Dragon motifs in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
Warga crosses in front of the gapura Kampung Batik Write Lasem in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
In general Batik Lasem only has two main motifs that are Chinese and non Chinese motifs. Chinese motifs such as Burung Hong motifs (Lok Can), Dragon, Kilin, Forest Chicken and so on. Non Chinese, Motif Sekar Jagad, Kendoro Kendiri, Grinsing, Criteria/ Watu Pecah, Sandan and others.
Batik Lasem is the result of the Chinese community culture process with pribumi, so it produces unique batik craft products and many people are interested in. Currently there are hundreds of batik craftsmen with 12 thousand more disclaimers who are recorded or combined in batik cooperatives and in the development of batik crafts into the livelihood of Lasem to present.
Photo and Text: Joseph Nugroho
A number of investigators complete the process of typing in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The center of dissembling reflections in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
Canting, tools used to write batik patterns in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
A number of injectors dipped the canting into the night wax liquid in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The moisturizing blows the end of the canting containing the night wax fluid in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The work of doing color mixing process in batik fabric in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The work of washing batik fabric in the coloring process in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The work of doing coloring process in batik fabric in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
The work of the batik fabric in the coloring process in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
A variety of typical batik Lasem is ready to market in Lasem District, Rembang Regency, Central Java.
