Batik is usually used by most people of Indonesia at now because of the beauty and exclusivity, even in recent periods are exported to global, in fact has a very long history. The origins of batik was connected with the expansion of the Majapahit kingdom in Java. This occurs around the end of the 18th century. At first batik is the official costume of the kings in the kingdom of Majapahit, and increasingly extends into the kingdom of Mataram, Yogya and Solo. When the kingdom of Majapahit, the courtiers who make a category of batik will be used by kings, family members and loyal followers of the king.
Due to the followers, several who live outside the kingdom. So batik culture is slowly spreading to ordinary people in their homes. At the moment, batik became part of the work the ladies to fill spare time and make an income. Batik clothes are no longer so limited and elite to the kings and their families, but has become the daily wear ordinary people, both men and women.
At the beginning of the 20th century, precisely around 1920, widely recognized batik and Islam started to grow rampant in Indonesia, so many students centers on the island of Java, that makes the manufacture of batik as a cog of economic society of the time. Materials for batik dyeing time was still very conventional and natural, that is using the color of processed Morinda citrifolia tree, indigo, height, Soga. The salt used is a land of soda mud and soda ash is used as an ingredient.
Batik tradition in the area Mojokerto and Tulung Agung today, has a history of the kingdom of Majapahit. Antiquity, in Tulung Agung is still a division of the Majapahit Kingdom territory controlled by the Duke of Kalang who revolted from the kingdom Mahapahit. But still carried away by the batik culture community. And it spread to the Mojokerto region. Which until now recognized also the category of batik Mojokerto. It was a white material that is used for batik woven itself. With the influx of Chinese traders who bring drugs and methods using a stamp batik, batik finally began to be mass-produced with the stamp method. Culture batik is growing up into other areas such as Parade, and Kediri.
The development of baju batik (Indonesian) spread to the East Java area, namely Ponorogo, Pekalongan and Banyumas. For the purpose of spreading the teachings of Islam to the region of East Java by one of the kings of Majapahit, the batik culture also helped spread there. When the Dutch colonial rule forced the royal family in Central Java, some who fled to the west and east of Java, batik to continue growing into other areas such as: Cirebon, Ciamis, Tegal, Kebumen, and finally almost total throughout the city inside and outside Java. In the development of batik cloth end much to be processed into various products, in addition to bajubatik (Indonesian), there are some other products such as bed sheets and bed covers, kaos batik, sarongs, curtain, etc.