<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31456099</termId><termName>shifu</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ A handwoven textile of Japan made from twisted paper thread. Shifu was manufactured from the 1600s for use in paper products such as book covers and for two sorts of cloth: a coarse fabric for work clothes; a very fine material used and sold by the Samurai. Shifu production declined with the disappearance of the Samurai class.   ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 21:02:46</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31437082</termId><termName>textile materials by weaving technique</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>