A satin textile woven with colored woofs to form a pattern, originating in Ming China. As more than seven colors were used, it was also called shichintan 七糸緞 (seven color thread damask). Some shuchin has raised woof and some has depressed woof. Sometimes gold thread was used for the woof with other thread coiled round, like *kinran 金襴 (gold-brocaded satin damask). Ōdon 黄緞 (yellow damask), one kind of shuchin, popular among the upper classes since the Muromachi period, was woven with basic woofs of two thick cotton threads. Another example of shuchin is mōru ori モール織 (braid textile), introduced via a European ship from the South Seas in the 17th century and woven with gold and silver woofs. By the Edo period, it was used mainly for obi 帯 (sashes), and sometimes for *uchikake 打掛 (long outer garments), and it became less associated with the aristocracy.