The Existence of Surakarta (Vorstenlanden) Esuksore Style Batik

Abstract

The existence of esuksore style batik is a long record of a dynamic or various changes that occur in a certain period of time. Esuksore-style batik, as a noble cultural artifact, its existence is related to the various events behind the emergence and recognition of batik. This study aims to identify and describe the existence of inland esuksore style batik (vorstenlanden), especially Surakarta for three time periods. The findings of this study are used to reconstruct the form of esuksore-style batik as a development concept in the present. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method by collecting various artifacts of long cloth batik esuksore style from the pre-independence period, the Japanese occupation to the post-independence period. The findings show that the existence of esuksore-style batik did not only arise because of very limited socioeconomic factors, but also emerged as a trend or style that was in demand by the market at that time. This research contributes to a dissertation research on the existence of esuksore-style batik in Indonesia.

Keywords: esuksore style batik, existence, inland.

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/97-04

Publication date: December 31^st 2021