{"title":"Japanese Accessories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe detail can change the whole look. Explore hats, belts, bags and Japanese-inspired accents that connect an outfit, shift its mood or give a simple combination one clear point of focus.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tabi-socks","title":"Tabi Socks","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite tabi socks with a split toe, the sock worn with geta, zori and sandals\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne toe on its own. These are tabi, the Japanese sock with a split between the big toe and the other four, so the thong of a geta, a zori or a sandal passes between them and the sock stays on. They are white, ribbed, cut to the ankle like a crew sock, and they are the sock in every photograph of every geta in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the least expensive thing in the shop and the one that makes the footwear work, and they are worn from spring to autumn under a yukata and all year under a house slipper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and the split-toe sock is older than the Western sock in Japan: the traditional tabi is a stiff cloth boot with a hook fastening, and this is its knitted cousin, the everyday one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sock is a ribbed knit with a little stretch, the big toe knitted as its own pocket and the other four together, with a ribbed cuff at the ankle and a reinforced heel and toe. It is a crew length, which shows above a geta and under a trouser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them with the geta, the zori, the waraji or the flip flops in the collection, or with a thong sandal of any kind, and the strap goes between the toes without rubbing. Wear them on their own in a house; the split toe spreads the foot and it is oddly comfortable once it is used to. They also go under a martial-arts uniform, and they are the sock a jinbei is worn with in a house with a wooden floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe split is the detail: it is knitted, not sewn, so there is no seam between the toes to rub against a thong, and the pocket for the big toe is cut generously. The rib runs the full length so the sock holds up without elastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room they are white socks. From close the toe shows its split, the rib its lines, and the cuff its stretch. They are the sock for anyone who has bought a geta and wondered what to wear with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachine wash warm, tumble dry low. They are socks, and they are treated like socks; the split toe does not need anything the other four do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, stretch to fit an adult foot from about EU 36 to 44. Sold as a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207661158748,"sku":"JC-TABI-WHT-OS","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/tabi-socks-1.jpg?v=1790586750"},{"product_id":"omamori","title":"Omamori","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBrocade omamori charm pouch with a knotted cord, in twelve designs for twelve wishes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small brocade pouch with a wish woven on it. This is the omamori, the amulet sold at every shrine and temple in Japan, a pouch in a woven brocade with a knotted cord at the top and the wish in gold characters down the front: health, luck, study, recovery, safety, success, each design a different wish and a different cloth, in twelve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the smallest thing in the shop and one of the most given, and it hangs from a bag, a phone, a car mirror or a bedpost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and it means a protector: the pouch is sealed, and inside it is a folded paper or a slip of wood with a prayer, and the rule is that you never open it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pouch is a brocade woven with a pattern and the characters in gold thread, folded and sewn into the rounded shrine shape, with a cord in a matching colour knotted through the top into a loop with a decorative knot. It is sealed at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it on a bag, a key ring, a phone or a rear-view mirror, which is where the Japanese carry theirs, or hang it by a bed or a desk. It is given at a new year, an exam, a birth, an illness or a journey, and the design is chosen for the wish. After a year the tradition is to return it to a shrine for a new one; outside Japan, it is kept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve designs are twelve wishes, and the characters name them: the purple and the red carry the wish for health, the white with gold the wish for luck and success, the cream with the crest the wish for recovery from illness, the pale blue a wish for the young. The cord and the knot are the same shape on all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knot is the detail: a decorative knot in the cord at the top of the pouch, the same on every shrine amulet in Japan, which closes the pouch and makes the loop. The characters are woven, not printed, and they glint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a small bright pouch on a cord. From close the pouch shows its brocade, the characters their gold, and the knot its turns. It is the charm for a person who needs one, or knows someone who does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep it dry; it is not washed. If the brocade frays at a corner, that is a year well carried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, about the size of a matchbox, on a cord loop the length of a finger. Twelve designs; the option number picks the design and the wish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"01","offer_id":59207688487260,"sku":"200001033:504#01","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"02","offer_id":59207688520028,"sku":"200001033:865#02","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"03","offer_id":59207688552796,"sku":"200001033:361180#03","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"04","offer_id":59207688585564,"sku":"200001033:200006253#04","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"05","offer_id":59207688618332,"sku":"200001033:361181#05","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"06","offer_id":59207688651100,"sku":"200001033:361187#06","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"07","offer_id":59207688683868,"sku":"200001033:361188#07","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"08","offer_id":59207688716636,"sku":"200001033:200003757#08","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"09","offer_id":59207688749404,"sku":"200001033:200003758#09","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10","offer_id":59207688782172,"sku":"200001033:200003759#10","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11","offer_id":59207688814940,"sku":"200001033:200003760#11","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12","offer_id":59207688847708,"sku":"200001033:200003761#12","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/omamori-1.jpg?v=1790586768"},{"product_id":"yonaku-gift-card","title":"YONAKU Gift Card","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYONAKU gift card, sent by email with a code, from 25 to 200 dollars\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA card for someone who would rather choose. This is the YONAKU gift card, a code sent by email that is entered at checkout and pays for anything in the shop, a kimono jacket, a pair of geta, a lucky cat or a noren, in four amounts: 25, 50, 100 or 200 dollars. It arrives within minutes of the order, it never expires, and it can be spent across several orders until the balance is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the thing to give when you know the person likes Japan and do not know their size, and it is the thing to ask for when you do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no name to explain: it is a gift card, and it does what one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card is digital. After the order, an email goes to the address you give with a code and the balance; you can send it to yourself and pass it on, or straight to the person with a message. The code works on the whole shop, on sale items too, and it can be combined with a discount code.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a wedding, a new home, a graduation, or because the person has been looking at the sukajan for a month and has not decided which. The recipient enters the code in the gift card field at checkout and the balance comes off the order; anything left stays on the card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four amounts are four kinds of present: 25 dollars is a furoshiki, a fan or an omamori; 50 is a pair of geta, a noren or a maneki neko; 100 is a haori, a hoodie or a sake set; 200 is a kimono jacket, a sukajan or most of an outfit. Any amount can be topped up at checkout with a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe balance is the detail: it does not have to be spent at once, and the shop keeps the remainder on the code, so a 200-dollar card can buy a jacket in October and a pair of socks in December. It never expires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is an email. From close it is a code, an amount and a message. It is the gift for a person who knows what they want and a giver who does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing to look after; keep the email. If it is lost, write to us with the order number and we resend the code.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour amounts: 25, 50, 100 or 200 dollars. Sent by email to the address you choose, within minutes of the order. Valid on everything in the shop, without expiry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"$25","offer_id":59207689503068,"sku":"YNK-YONA-GIFT-CARD-25","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$50","offer_id":59207689535836,"sku":"YNK-YONA-GIFT-CARD-50","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$100","offer_id":59207689568604,"sku":"YNK-YONA-GIFT-CARD-100","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"$200","offer_id":59207689601372,"sku":"YNK-YONA-GIFT-CARD-200","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/yonaku-gift-card-1.png?v=1790586801"},{"product_id":"japanese-hair-sticks","title":"Japanese Hair Sticks","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePair of hair sticks in a tortoiseshell-effect resin, in brown, pink, white or black\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo sticks, marbled through. These hair sticks come as a pair, in a resin with the look of tortoiseshell, marbled in two tones all the way through rather than printed on, with a small turned finial at the head and a taper to a rounded point. They come in brown, which is the classic tortoiseshell, pink, which is marbled in rose and cream, white, which is a pearl, and black, which is marbled in black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the plainest hair ornament in the collection and the one worn most days, and the marbling is what keeps them from being plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the plain one, and the thing is old: a pair of sticks through a bun is how hair has been held in Japan since before there were clips, and the tortoiseshell look is the look of the old ones, which were real shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sticks are a cast resin, marbled through so the pattern shows on every side and does not wear off, polished smooth, about the length of a hand, with a finial turned in the same piece. They are light and they do not snag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them through a bun, crossed or parallel: gather the hair, twist it up, push one stick through catching hair, and the second the other way. Two sticks hold more than one, and they hold all day. With a kimono they are the correct thing; with a shirt they are the thing that says you have somewhere to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four colours are four looks: the brown is the classic and goes in dark hair; the pink and the white go in fair hair and read as a colour; the black is the graphic one and goes in anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe finial is the detail: a small turned knob at the head of each stick, which is what your fingers find when you pull the stick out, and it is cut in the same piece as the stick, so there is no join. The marbling is different on every stick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room they are two sticks in a bun. From close the resin shows its marbling, the finial its turn, and the point its taper. They are the hair sticks for a person who wears their hair up every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a dry cloth; keep them out of a hot car, where resin softens. Store them flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. The sticks are about the length of a hand and hold hair of shoulder length or longer; two of them hold thick hair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Brown","offer_id":59207705067868,"sku":"200001033:200003766#Style 14","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pink","offer_id":59207705100636,"sku":"200001033:200003765#Style 13","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":59207705133404,"sku":"200001033:361180#Style 01","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":59207705166172,"sku":"200001033:361187#Style 03","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-hair-sticks-1.jpg?v=1790585484"},{"product_id":"ninja-mask","title":"Ninja Mask 'Kagemusha'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlack lower-face ninja mask with vents, foam pads and a strap harness, with clips\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA black shield for the lower face, with everything it needs in the box. This ninja mask is a moulded black plastic shell that covers the nose, mouth and chin, with slots cut for breathing, foam pads that fit inside against the cheeks and the nose, a strap harness that buckles at the back of the head, and two side clips with elastic loops for fixing it to a helmet or a hat instead of the harness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most practical mask in the collection and the least decorative, and it is the one bought for a ride, a game or a convention rather than a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kagemusha, is the shadow warrior, the double who stands in for the lord, and the mask is for a person who does not want to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shell is a hard moulded plastic in matte black with vent slots at the mouth, and it comes with three foam pads that stick inside, a strap harness in webbing with buckles and adjusters, and two clip mounts with elastic loops that fit either side. Everything fits together without tools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with the harness buckled behind the head and the pads in, which seals it to the face and keeps it off the nose, or clip it to a helmet with the side mounts. It goes with the techwear in the range and with black everything, and it is the mask for a person on a bike, at a paintball field or behind a camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe parts are the detail: the harness adjusts at four points, the pads are cut for the nose and the cheeks, and the clips have elastic loops that hook on a helmet rim, so the mask has two ways of staying on. The vents are slots, not holes, and they breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe the shell with a damp cloth; the pads lift off and can be replaced. Keep it out of a hot car.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a black shape over a mouth. From close the vents show their slots, the harness its buckles, and the pads their foam. It is the mask for a person who wants function and a shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The shell covers from the bridge of the nose to below the chin and the harness adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":59207705461084,"sku":"14:193#black","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/ninja-mask-kagemusha-1.jpg?v=1790585589"},{"product_id":"kawaii-backpack","title":"Kawaii Backpack","description":"\u003ch2\u003eYellow star backpack with two black eyes, the bag that grins at people behind you\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA yellow star with eyes. This small backpack is cut as a five-pointed star in a smooth, glossy yellow synthetic, with two tall oval eyes in black on the front, a zip running round the edge of the star that opens the whole face, and two adjustable straps at the back. It is a bag and a character at once, and it is worn by people who want the people behind them to smile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the least serious bag in the shop and the one most often photographed on the wearer, and the eyes are what people photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the plain one: it is a kawaii backpack, a cute one, and cute is the whole design. We do not name the game it winks at, and neither does the bag; there is no text or logo on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body is a smooth synthetic with a slight gloss, padded a little so the points hold their shape, with the eyes applied in a black synthetic and the zip in yellow. Inside there is one compartment the size of a tablet, unlined, and the straps are the same yellow with plastic buckles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it on both shoulders, high, so the star sits between the shoulder blades and the eyes look back. It carries a tablet, a jumper and a phone, and it is the bag for a convention, a festival, a theme park, or a person who likes being looked at from behind. With a black outfit it is the only colour; with the streetwear in the range it is a punctuation mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe zip is the detail: it runs round the whole outline of the star, so the bag opens flat like a book, and it follows the points, which is more sewing than it looks. The eyes are two tall ovals, set close, and they are what turns a star into a face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a yellow star on a back. From close the eyes show their ovals, the zip its route round the points, and the surface its gloss. It is the bag for a person who is not afraid of being cheerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe it with a damp cloth; the surface does not stain. Store it flat or stuffed so the points keep their shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size: 38 cm across, 37 cm high and 14 cm deep, which is a small backpack, the size of a tablet and a jumper. The straps adjust from a child's back to an adult's.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"38x37x14CM","offer_id":59207705559388,"sku":"14:366#Yellow Star;5:201442910#38x37x14CM","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/kawaii-backpack-1.jpg?v=1790585397"},{"product_id":"cyberpunk-mask","title":"Cyberpunk Mask 'Kikai'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite armoured full-face mask with gold accents, mesh eyes and a segmented jaw\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA face built from panels. This full-face mask is moulded in white plates that follow the bones of a face, with gold accents at the brows and down the cheeks, black mesh over the eyes so the wearer sees out and nobody sees in, a jaw in black segments that reads as a mouthguard, and a ring of white clips standing up round the crown like a crown of teeth. It fastens with an adjustable strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the one mask in the collection that owes nothing to a festival, and it belongs to the techwear and the strapped sneakers in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kikai, is the machine, and the mask is a face made as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is moulded in a hard plastic in several panels joined and finished white, with the gold applied as paint, the eyes covered in a fine black mesh set behind the openings, and the jaw and the crown clips moulded separately and fitted. It fastens with an adjustable strap at the back and it is ventilated at the jaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped, with the mesh over the eyes, which gives full sight out and a black stare in, at a convention, a party, a shoot or a ride. It goes with the techwear trousers and the strapped sneakers in the range, and with an all-black outfit where the white is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mesh is the detail: it sits behind the eye openings and it reads as black from outside, so the mask has no eyes, only sockets, and the gold brows above them are what give it an expression. The ring of clips round the crown is decorative and it is what people photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; the mesh can be brushed. Keep it out of a hot car, which warps plastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a white face with no eyes. From close the panels show their joins, the gold its lines, and the mesh its weave. It is the mask for a person who wants the future and not the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The mask covers the whole face and the strap adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207706181980,"sku":"14:29#Only Mask","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/cyberpunk-mask-kikai-1.jpg?v=1790585587"},{"product_id":"peacock-blossom-furoshiki-cloth-kujakuen","title":"Peacock Blossom Furoshiki Cloth 'Kujakuen'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePale furoshiki cloth printed with peacocks and plum blossom in green, violet and gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeacocks, and blossom between them. This cloth is a pale pink ground printed with peacocks in green, blue and violet, their tails spread in fans of eyes, among plum blossom in pink and white, with gold outlining the feathers and scattered as dots across the whole print. It is the busiest print in the collection, and the peacock is the least Japanese bird on it, which is part of its charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift that should look like a celebration before it is opened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kujakuen, is the peacock garden, and the cloth is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tails are the detail: each feather ends in an eye drawn in blue and gold, and the fan of them takes up more of the print than the bird does. The plum blossom fills the gaps in pink and white, and the gold dots are the last thing printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a pale cloth with green and violet on it. From close the birds show their eyes, the blossom its petals, and the gold its dots. It is the cloth for a wedding gift or a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207718928732,"sku":"14:203442048#6;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/peacock-blossom-furoshiki-cloth-kujakuen-1.jpg?v=1790585233"},{"product_id":"red-sakura-furoshiki-wrap-benizakura","title":"Red Sakura Furoshiki Wrap 'Benizakura'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRed furoshiki cloth printed with cherry blossom massed edge to edge in pink and white\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom so dense the red barely shows. This cloth is a bright red ground covered edge to edge in cherry blossom in pink and white, with a few green leaves and gold outlining the petals, so the red is the colour between the flowers rather than the ground they sit on. It is the blossom print at its most crowded, and the red is what makes it a festival rather than a spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift in red, which in Japan means luck, and for a table at New Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Benizakura, is the crimson cherry, the blossom on red, and the cloth is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gold is the detail: it outlines every petal and every stamen, so the flowers hold their shape against each other and the whole print glints when the cloth moves. The white flowers are the lighter ones and the pink the darker, and they alternate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a red cloth with pink on it. From close the blossom shows its petals, the gold its outlines, and the red its gaps. It is the cloth for a bottle at a party and a person who likes red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719027036,"sku":"14:202529824#16;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/red-sakura-furoshiki-wrap-benizakura-1.jpg?v=1790585236"},{"product_id":"navy-crane-furoshiki-cloth-tsurunami","title":"Navy Crane Furoshiki Cloth 'Tsurunami'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNavy furoshiki cloth printed with cranes and bamboo in gold line on fine waves\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCranes in gold line on a navy sea. This cloth is a navy ground printed with fine lines running across it like waves, and over the lines cranes in flight and sprays of bamboo drawn in gold line with touches of white on the birds and pale green on the leaves. It is the one that reads most like a lacquer box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift to a man, if the gift needs to be one, and for a table at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tsurunami, is the crane and the wave, the bird over the water, and the cloth is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe line is the detail: the cranes are drawn in gold outline with the white only on the body, and the bamboo is the same gold with green on the leaves. The wave lines beneath are fine and close and they are what shows in a fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a navy cloth with a gold texture. From close the texture is birds and bamboo, the waves show their lines, and the white its touches. It is the cloth for a bottle of something good and a person who likes lacquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719092572,"sku":"14:201782807#1;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/navy-crane-furoshiki-cloth-tsurunami-1.jpg?v=1790585277"},{"product_id":"crimson-koi-furoshiki-akagoi","title":"Crimson Koi Furoshiki 'Akagoi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRed furoshiki cloth printed with koi carp, waves, maple leaves and gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarp on red, swimming through gold. This cloth is a bright red ground printed with koi carp in white and brown, their scales drawn one by one, among waves and swirls in gold, gold maple leaves, and small black square seals like the stamp on a print. The carp swim in every direction and the gold water joins them up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the boldest of the animal prints in the collection, and the black seals are what make it look like a page from a print shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Akagoi, is the red carp, the fish on the red ground, and the cloth is named for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seals are the detail: small black squares with a character inside, scattered across the print like the artist's stamp on a woodblock, and they anchor the pattern where the gold might otherwise float. The carp have their scales drawn in outline and their eyes wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a red cloth with white fish on it. From close the fish show their scales, the waves their gold, and the seals their characters. It is the cloth for a gift to someone who is climbing, which is what the carp means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719387484,"sku":"14:200005100#4;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/crimson-koi-furoshiki-akagoi-1.jpg?v=1790585239"},{"product_id":"black-gold-wave-wrapping-cloth-kinnami","title":"Black Gold Wave Wrapping Cloth 'Kinnami'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlack furoshiki cloth printed with waves drawn in fine gold lines, with blue-grey foam\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaves in gold on black. This cloth is a black ground printed with rolling waves drawn in fine parallel lines of gold, curling over each other across the whole length, with the crests and the flung foam picked out in a blue-grey. It is the wave pattern of the old prints drawn as line rather than colour, and on black it reads as a night sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most formal cloth in the collection, and the one for a gift to a man, if the gift needs to be one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kinnami, is the gold wave, and the cloth is made of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lines are the detail: each wave is a dozen fine gold lines following its curve, so the pattern has depth where the lines bunch and light where they spread, and the blue-grey foam sits at the crests like spray. There is no other colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a black cloth with a gold texture. From close the texture is waves, the lines show their spacing, and the foam its blue. It is the cloth for a bottle of something good and a person who wears black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719453020,"sku":"14:200000914#12;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/black-gold-wave-wrapping-cloth-kinnami-1.jpg?v=1790585242"},{"product_id":"navy-gold-floral-furoshiki-konkinka","title":"Navy Gold Floral Furoshiki 'Konkinka'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNavy furoshiki cloth printed with peonies, chrysanthemums and a peacock in gold line\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eGold line on navy, and nothing filled in. This cloth is a navy ground with a mottled texture, printed with peonies, chrysanthemums and a peacock drawn in gold outline only, no colour inside the lines, so the flowers and the bird are gold drawings on a dark cloth. It is the one that looks most like lacquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift that should look expensive from across a room and be a drawing from close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Konkinka, is the gold flower on dark blue, and the cloth is that in three words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe peacock is the detail: it sits in the lower part of the repeat, drawn in the same gold line as the flowers, with its tail folded rather than spread, so it is a bird among flowers rather than the point of the print. The mottle on the navy is printed on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a navy cloth with gold on it. From close the gold is flowers and a bird, the lines show their fineness, and the navy its mottle. It is the cloth for a table at night and a person who likes lacquer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719518556,"sku":"14:771#22;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/navy-gold-floral-furoshiki-konkinka-1.jpg?v=1790585245"},{"product_id":"golden-crane-furoshiki-fabric-kinzuru","title":"Golden Crane Furoshiki Fabric 'Kinzuru'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBeige furoshiki cloth printed with white cranes in flight over brown chrysanthemums\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCranes over chrysanthemums, on beige. This cloth is a warm beige ground printed with white cranes in flight, their wings spread and their red crowns showing, over a field of chrysanthemums in brown, grey and gold, so the birds are the light thing on a dark pattern. The crane is the bird of long life and the chrysanthemum the flower of autumn, and the two together are the print of a formal kimono.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth in the collection with the most tradition in it, and the beige is what keeps it from being a costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kinzuru, is the gold crane, the bird among the gold flowers, and the cloth is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wings are the detail: each crane is drawn with its primaries spread and edged in black, and the birds fly in several directions so the print has no top. The chrysanthemums beneath are dense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a beige cloth with white birds on it. From close the birds show their wings and their crowns, the flowers their petals, and the gold its line. It is the cloth for a gift to a grandparent and a wall in a hallway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719584092,"sku":"14:200006155#14;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/golden-crane-furoshiki-fabric-kinzuru-1.jpg?v=1790585248"},{"product_id":"red-cloud-furoshiki-wrap-akagumo","title":"Red Cloud Furoshiki Wrap 'Akagumo'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDark red furoshiki cloth printed with swirling clouds drawn in fine gold lines\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eClouds in gold on dark red, and nothing else. This cloth is a deep red ground printed edge to edge with the curling auspicious clouds of the old paintings, drawn in fine gold lines with no fill, so the whole cloth is a gold drawing on red. It is the pattern that carries dragons and Buddhas in painting, here on its own, and the red is the red of a temple gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth in the collection for a gift that should look ceremonial, and it is the one most often bought in pairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Akagumo, is the red cloud, and the cloth is a sky of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe line is the detail: the clouds are drawn in a single gold line that curls back on itself and joins the next cloud, so the pattern has no gaps and no edges, and the red shows through everywhere between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a dark red cloth with a gold shimmer. From close the shimmer is clouds, the line shows its curls, and the red its depth. It is the cloth for a gift at New Year and a table under a lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719649628,"sku":"14:200844061#46;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/red-cloud-furoshiki-wrap-akagumo-1.jpg?v=1790585251"},{"product_id":"red-seigaiha-furoshiki-akanami","title":"Red Seigaiha Furoshiki 'Akanami'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRed furoshiki cloth printed with the overlapping-wave pattern in reds and pink with gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wave pattern, in reds. This cloth is printed edge to edge with the overlapping scales of the seigaiha in red, coral, pink and wine, each scale drawn in concentric lines and outlined in gold, the colours changing from scale to scale so the cloth reads as red from a distance and as a mosaic from close. It is the wave cloth in the colour of luck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the third of the four wave cloths in the collection, and the one for a New Year table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Akanami, is the red wave, and the cloth is a sea of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wine is the detail: the darkest of the four colours, it is placed so it reads as the shadow of the pattern, and the coral as the light, so the flat print has relief. The gold outline is on every scale and the concentric lines are in a darker red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a red cloth with a scale texture. From close the scales show their lines, the gold its outline, and the four reds their order. It is the cloth for a gift in red and a person who likes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719715164,"sku":"14:202072807#61;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/red-seigaiha-furoshiki-akanami-1.jpg?v=1790585279"},{"product_id":"midnight-cloud-wrapping-cloth-yogumo","title":"Midnight Cloud Wrapping Cloth 'Yogumo'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlue furoshiki cloth printed with clouds in gold and white on a wave ground\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eClouds on a blue sea. This cloth is a bright blue ground printed with fine dark lines that run across it like waves, and scattered over the lines with small curling clouds in gold, white and a paler blue, each one outlined and separate. The clouds are the ones of the old paintings, drawn small and many, and the wave ground beneath them is what makes the cloth a sea and a sky at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the brightest blue in the collection, and the cloth for a gift to a child, or to anyone who likes a clear day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Yogumo, is the night cloud, the clouds on the dark blue, and the cloth is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wave lines are the detail: fine, dark and close together, they run the length of the cloth beneath the clouds, and they are what you see when the cloth is folded. The clouds come in three colours and repeat in no order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a blue cloth with gold spots. From close the spots are clouds, the ground shows its waves, and the three colours their order. It is the cloth for a lunch box and a person who likes blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. 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The colours change from scale to scale, so the pattern reads as a field of purple from a distance and as a mosaic from close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the first of the four wave cloths in the collection, and the one in the colour of a wisteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sumirenami, is the violet wave, and the cloth is a sea of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concentric lines are the detail: each scale is drawn as five or six curves inside one another in a darker shade, and the gold outline sits on the outermost, so the pattern has the depth of a shell. The scales are the size of a thumbnail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a purple cloth with a scale texture. From close the scales show their lines, the gold its outline, and the colours their change. It is the cloth for a gift to a person who wears purple, and for a table in the evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719846236,"sku":"14:350852#54;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/violet-seigaiha-furoshiki-sumirenami-1.jpg?v=1790585257"},{"product_id":"blue-seigaiha-japanese-furoshiki-seinami","title":"Blue Seigaiha Japanese Furoshiki 'Seinami'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlue furoshiki cloth printed with the overlapping-wave pattern in blues and teal with gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wave pattern, in the colours of the sea. This cloth is printed edge to edge with the overlapping scales of the seigaiha in pale blue, teal, mid blue, navy and black, each scale drawn in concentric lines and outlined in gold, and the black scales scattered among the blues are what give it depth. It is the wave cloth in the colour the pattern was drawn for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the last of the four wave cloths in the collection, and the one that goes with the indigo pieces in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Seinami, is the blue wave, the pattern's own name shortened, and the cloth is it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe black scales are the detail: fewer than the blues, placed at random, they read as the deep water between the waves, and the pale blue scales as the foam. The gold outline is on every one, and the concentric lines are in a darker shade of each colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a blue cloth with a scale texture. From close the scales show their lines, the black its depth, and the gold its outline. It is the cloth for an indigo yukata's gift box and a person who likes the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207719944540,"sku":"14:200000195#52;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/blue-seigaiha-japanese-furoshiki-seinami-1.jpg?v=1790585282"},{"product_id":"rainbow-seigaiha-furoshiki-cloth-nijinami","title":"Rainbow Seigaiha Furoshiki Cloth 'Nijinami'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRainbow furoshiki cloth printed with the overlapping-wave pattern in every colour\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wave pattern, in every colour at once. This cloth is printed edge to edge with the overlapping scales of the seigaiha in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, teal and purple, no two neighbouring scales the same, each one drawn in concentric lines and outlined in gold. It is the loudest cloth in the collection and the most cheerful, and the gold is what holds it together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the wave cloth for a gift to a child, a party, or a person who cannot choose a colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Nijinami, is the rainbow wave, and the cloth is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distribution is the detail: the colours are placed so no scale touches another of its own colour, which is harder than it sounds across a cloth this long, and the effect is a mosaic with no pattern inside the pattern. The gold outline is the same on every scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a cloth of every colour. From close the colours are scales, the lines show their curves, and the gold its outline. It is the cloth for a birthday and a person who likes a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207720239452,"sku":"14:200004870#53;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/rainbow-seigaiha-furoshiki-cloth-nijinami-1.jpg?v=1790585259"},{"product_id":"pink-gold-sakura-furoshiki-sakurahikari","title":"Pink Gold Sakura Furoshiki 'Sakurahikari'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePink furoshiki cloth printed with large cherry blossom and gold on pale pink\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBig blossom on pale pink. This cloth is a pale pink ground printed with cherry blossom drawn large, in pink, white and a deep magenta, with smaller blossom filling the gaps and gold outlining the petals and scattered as dots. The flowers are the size of a palm, which is larger than blossom is usually printed, and the cloth reads as a close-up of a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the softest of the blossom cloths in the collection, and the one for a gift to someone who likes pink and is not embarrassed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sakurahikari, is the cherry-blossom light, the glow of a tree in bloom, and the cloth is that colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scale is the detail: the largest flowers are drawn with their five petals notched and their stamens in red, and they overlap the smaller ones so the print has a foreground and a background. The gold dots are the pollen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a pink cloth with bigger pink on it. From close the flowers show their notches, the stamens their red, and the gold its dots. It is the cloth for a gift in April and a person who wears pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207720304988,"sku":"14:496#21;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/pink-gold-sakura-furoshiki-sakurahikari-1.jpg?v=1790585262"},{"product_id":"lilac-sakura-furoshiki-fabric-sakurayume","title":"Lilac Sakura Furoshiki Fabric 'Sakurayume'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLilac furoshiki cloth printed with cherry blossom, blue flowers and gold on purple\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom on lilac, with a little blue. This cloth is a lilac ground printed with cherry blossom in pink, white and a deep red, with small blue flowers scattered between and gold outlining the petals and dotted across the print. The lilac is what makes it: on pink the blossom is a season, on lilac it is a dream of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth in the collection for a person who likes pink and wants it cooler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sakurayume, is the cherry-blossom dream, and the lilac is the colour dreams are printed in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blue flowers are the detail: small, round and a clear blue, they are the only cool colour in a warm print and they are what stop the lilac from turning pink. The blossom is drawn in three sizes and the gold outlines the largest only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a lilac cloth with pink on it. From close the blossom shows its petals, the blue flowers their round, and the gold its outline. It is the cloth for a gift to a friend and a shelf in a bedroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207720370524,"sku":"14:1052#18;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/lilac-sakura-furoshiki-fabric-sakurayume-1.jpg?v=1790585265"},{"product_id":"temari-rabbit-furoshiki-usagimari","title":"Temari Rabbit Furoshiki 'Usagimari'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFuroshiki cloth printed with patterned temari balls and white rabbits on red\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThread balls and rabbits. This cloth is a red ground printed edge to edge with temari, the embroidered thread balls of a Japanese childhood, each one in a different pattern, stars, hexagons, stripes, flowers, in reds, blues, greens and golds, with white rabbits sitting among them here and there. It is the most playful print in the collection, and the rabbits are what make it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift to a child, or to an adult who was one in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Usagimari, is the rabbit and the thread ball, the two things on the cloth, and the name is a list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design in full colour, and the print runs to the hem on all four sides. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rabbits are the detail: white, round, with pink ears and a red eye, sitting sideways among the balls at intervals, and they are small enough that a child finds them one at a time. No two temari on the cloth share a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a red cloth with round patches of colour. From close the patches are thread balls, each shows its pattern, and the rabbits their ears. It is the cloth for a birthday, a lunch box and a person who collects temari.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207720468828,"sku":"14:200003699#15;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/temari-rabbit-furoshiki-usagimari-1.jpg?v=1790585268"},{"product_id":"flowing-sakura-furoshiki-wrap-sakuragawa","title":"Flowing Sakura Furoshiki Wrap 'Sakuragawa'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePink furoshiki cloth printed with cherry blossom in diagonal bands on rose and white\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom in bands, running diagonally. This cloth is a pale pink ground crossed by diagonal bands of deep rose, with cherry blossom in pink, white and lilac massed along each band and thinning between them, so the print reads as blossom drifting downstream. It is the blossom print with a direction, and the direction is what makes it a river.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth in the collection for a table runner, because the bands run the length of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sakuragawa, is the cherry-blossom river, the petals on the water, and the cloth flows that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bands are the detail: they are not hard stripes but a deepening of the pink, with the blossom densest at the centre of each and scattered at the edges, so the transition is soft. The lilac flowers are the cool note, and the gold sits on the white petals only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a pink cloth with darker pink stripes. From close the stripes are blossom, the flowers show their three colours, and the bands their fade. It is the cloth for a table in spring and a person who likes a print that moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. A single piece, hemmed on all four sides, one size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"50x145cm","offer_id":59207720534364,"sku":"14:297688431#3;5:361386#50x145cm","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/flowing-sakura-furoshiki-wrap-sakuragawa-1.jpg?v=1790585271"},{"product_id":"crane-chrysanthemum-furoshiki-tsurugiku","title":"Crane Chrysanthemum Furoshiki 'Tsurugiku'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNavy furoshiki cloth printed with white cranes over blue chrysanthemums\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCranes over chrysanthemums, in blues. This cloth is a navy ground printed with dense chrysanthemums in three blues, pale, mid and dark, with gold stamens, and white cranes flying over them with their wings spread and their red crowns showing. It is the same pairing as the beige crane cloth in the collection, in the colours of an indigo kimono, and it is the more formal of the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cloth for a gift that should look like it came from a kimono shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tsurugiku, is the crane and the chrysanthemum, the two things on the cloth, and the name is a list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a fine, close-woven fabric with a soft hand and a little body, printed with the design and then with a metallic gold that sits on the surface as a line, so the pattern is flat and the gold catches light. It is the cloth of a Japanese print shop, the kind sold by the metre for kimono linings and bags.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it the way a furoshiki is used: tie it round a bottle with the ends knotted into a handle, wrap a box with the corners folded and tied, roll a lunch in it, or lay it down the middle of a table. Tied at the neck it is a scarf; hung from a rod it is a picture. The cloth is the gift and the wrapping, and it is used again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blues are the detail: the chrysanthemums are drawn in three, so the field beneath the cranes has depth, and the gold stamens are the only warm colour apart from the cranes' crowns. The cranes fly in several directions and the print has no top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool or machine wash on a gentle cycle in a bag, and dry flat out of the sun, which is what the gold asks for; iron on the reverse on low. The print is fast and the metallic line stays through washing if it is not scrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a navy cloth with white birds. From close the birds show their wings, the flowers their three blues, and the stamens their gold. It is the cloth for a gift to a grandparent, a wall, or an indigo table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt measures 50 by 145 cm, which is a rectangle, not the square of a traditional furoshiki, and we say so: it wraps a bottle or a long box the way a square does, and it runs down a table or ties round a neck the way a square does not. 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The photographs show all six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the temari of a Japanese grandmother's sewing box made small enough for a pocket, and the tassel and the bell are what turn it from an ornament into a keyring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Itomari, is the thread ball, and the keyring is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ball is a core wound in fine thread in one colour and then embroidered over in two or three more in a pattern that meets at the poles, with a loop at the top; the tassel is a skein of the same thread bound at the neck, and the bell is brass, all on a gold wire ring that opens with a twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on keys, a bag, a zip or a phone, where the bell rings when it moves and the tassel swings. 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The ring is a coiled wire that opens with a twist, so it goes on a key ring or a zip pull without a tool, and the bell can be unhooked if it is too loud for a pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, the ball about the size of a walnut, the tassel about the length of a finger. 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This hair clip is a tsumami kanzashi, the ornament of the maiko: three flowers with petals folded from small squares of printed cloth, pearl centres and green leaves, mounted on a fan-shaped base in the same print, with two long strands of folded petals hanging from it that end in small gold bells. It comes in red, pink, blue or purple, and the photographs show all four.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most elaborate hair ornament in the collection, and the strands are what make it: they fall to the shoulder and they ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, tsumami, is the pinching, the fold that makes each petal from a square of cloth, and the kanzashi made this way have been worn in Kyoto for three hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are made from squares of cloth folded into petals and glued point to point, with a pearl bead at each centre, on a stiffened base covered in the same print, and the strands are the same petals in a column on a thread with a bell at the end. The whole is mounted on a flat metal clip that opens with a pinch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it at the side of the head above the ear, clipped into a bun, a twist or simply into loose hair, with the strands falling forward over the temple, which is how a maiko wears it. With a yukata or a kimono it is the ornament; with a plain dress it is the occasion. It is also worn on a bag or a lapel, though it was not made for that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four colours are four cloths: red with a small print, pink with cherry blossom, blue with a gold-flecked print, purple with a pale floral. The leaves are green on all of them and the bells are gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe strands are the detail: each one is eight or nine folded petals in a column, in the colour of the flowers, and the bell at the end rings when the head turns. They are meant to move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a flower at the side of a head with something falling from it. From close the petals show their folds, the pearls their centres, and the bells their gold. It is the ornament for a festival, a wedding, or a photograph in a kimono.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeep it dry and out of a bag with anything heavy; the petals are folded, not sewn, and they crush. Store it flat in its box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. The base is about the size of a palm and the strands fall about a hand's length below it. 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This kanzashi is a single hair stick in a dark polished wood, tapering to a point, with a small flower at the head in a coloured stone-look resin, a spray of gold metal leaves behind it, and a short tassel of beads on a cord that hangs from the flower and moves when the head does. It comes in five versions: a purple flower with purple beads, a pale green flower with green and gold, a white flower with amber, a jade disc with pale green drops, and a white and yellow flower with amber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the simplest of the hair ornaments in the collection to wear and the one with the most movement, and the tassel is what people notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, kanzashi, is the Japanese word for a hair ornament, any of them, and the stick is the oldest kind: a single pin that holds a knot of hair by passing through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stick is a dark hardwood, turned and polished, about the length of a hand, with the flower and leaves set into the head and the tassel on a cord through it. The flower is a stone-look resin carved with petals, and the beads are glass and resin in the matching colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it through a bun or a twist: gather the hair, twist it up, and push the stick through from one side, catching hair on the way, and it holds. It takes a few tries the first time and then it is faster than a clip. With a kimono or a yukata it is the correct thing; with a plain dress it is the interesting thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe five versions are five stones: purple, pale green, white, jade and amber, each with its own beads, and the gold leaves are the same on all. The photographs show all five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tassel is the detail: three or four beads on a cord that hang below the flower and swing, so the ornament is never quite still, and the gold leaves behind the flower catch the light when it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a dark stick in a bun with a flash of colour. From close the flower shows its carving, the leaves their gold, and the beads their swing. It is the hair stick for a person who wears their hair up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a dry cloth; keep the resin flower out of perfume and hairspray, which dull it. Store it flat so the tassel does not tangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. 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This is a gamaguchi, the Japanese clasp purse with a metal kiss-lock frame that opens with a pinch and closes with a click, in a printed crepe cloth with a plush beckoning cat sewn on the front, eyes closed and paw raised, holding a fish, a fan, a bag of coins or a mallet depending on the colour, and a small charm hanging from the clasp on a cord. Eight colours; the photographs show six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the smallest object in the shop with the most personality, and the cat is what does it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and it means the toad's mouth, which is what the frame looks like when it is open. Every Japanese grandmother has one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body is a printed crepe cloth with a textured surface, lined, sewn to a metal frame with two ball knobs that snap together, and the cat is a separate plush piece in the same crepe, sewn to the front with its paw and its object in relief. The charm is a small printed tag on a cord with a bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it in a bag or a pocket for coins and a key, or on its own by the charm's cord, which is how a child carries it. It holds a folded note, a handful of coins and a card.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eight colours are eight cats: the pink cat holds a fish, the purple a fan, the white-and-red a fish, the yellow a bag, the red a mallet, the blue a fan. Each cloth is a different print in the cat's colour, and each charm matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe clasp is the detail: two metal balls that snap together with a click you can hear, the sound of a Japanese purse, and the frame is shaped so the purse opens wide and stands. The cat's paw is raised in the beckoning gesture, which is for luck with money, on a purse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a round printed purse with a cat on it. 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This is the Japanese knot bag: a soft body in a printed cloth with two handles rising from it, one short and one long, and the long one is pulled through the short one to close the bag and carry it. There is no clasp and no zip; the handle is the closure. It comes in eight prints; the photographs show six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the small bag of a summer festival, carried with a yukata, and it is the bag in the shop that people learn to close by watching someone else do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the plain English one for the shape, and the Japanese shape is older than the name: it is the bag of the Edo period, sewn from a kimono offcut, and it has not changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body is a printed cloth with a little body, lined in a plain cloth, with the handles cut as part of the body rather than sewn on, so the bag is one piece folded and seamed. The long handle is about twice the length of the short one, which is what lets it pass through and hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it by the long handle, over a wrist or in a hand, with the short handle holding it closed, and it hangs as a soft pouch. It takes a phone, a purse, a fan and keys, which is what it is for. With a yukata it is the right bag; with a summer dress it is the interesting one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prints are the prints of the range: red with cats and fans, blue with waves, light blue with koi, navy with cats, wine with gold flowers, navy with daruma and coins. The cloth is the same weight on all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knot is the detail: the long handle passes through the short one and the weight of the bag pulls it tight, so the bag closes itself, and it opens by lifting the long handle out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a small printed pouch with a handle. 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This is the koinobori, the carp streamer hung outside Japanese houses in early May for the boys' festival, a windsock printed as a carp with its scales, its fins, a large round eye and an open mouth held round by a ring, with a cord for hanging. It comes in five colours, black, pink, blue, green and red, and in three lengths, from a carp for a window to one for a garden. The photographs show the five colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the object in the shop that people who have never been to Japan still recognise, and in a garden in May it does what it does there: fills with wind and swims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kazenokoi, is the carp in the wind, and the streamer is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe carp is a light printed cloth sewn as a tube, open at the mouth and the tail, with a ring in the mouth to hold it open and a cord through it for hanging, and the scales, fins and eye printed on both sides. 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This is the hachimaki, the headband of the exam hall, the festival and the kitchen, a long strip of smooth cloth with a red disc at the centre and a brushed character on either side of it, tied at the back of the head in a bow or a knot with the ends hanging. It comes in black, with the two characters that mean certain victory, and in white, with the two that mean ninja.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the cheapest thing in the shop that changes a face, and it is worn by students before an exam, cooks behind a counter, and everyone at a festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and it means a wrap for the head, which is what it is. It has been tied on before hard work for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band is a smooth cloth, printed with the sun and the characters at the centre, long enough to go round a head and tie with ends to spare, and hemmed. 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They are plain, solid-colour knit socks in black or white, with no pattern, a ribbed cuff and a smooth leg, and they come in three heights: 30 cm to the middle of the calf, 40 cm to just below the knee, and 50 cm to over it. Six choices, two colours, three lengths, and the outfit changes with each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack reads sharp against a pale skirt and disappears against a dark one. White is the classic, the one the uniform was drawn with. The 30 is the sock of an ordinary day, the 40 the one most photographs show, and the 50 the one for a cold walk to school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ashimoto, means at the feet, the Japanese phrase for where you are standing and for what you have on when you get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knit is a stretch nylon, smooth and close, chosen because a sock this high must stay up without a band that digs, and because a plain colour must stay plain through many washes. It washes cold and dries on a line in an hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the white with any of the sailor sets and black lace-up shoes, which is the uniform. Wear the black with the black sets for a column, or with the sky-blue one for contrast. The over-the-knee in black with a short black skirt is a look on its own, and it has been for forty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cuff is ribbed and wide, so it grips without leaving a line, and the leg is knitted straight, so it lies flat on the calf. The toe and heel are reinforced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street they are a line of black or white between the hem and the shoe. From close the knit shows its rib at the cuff and its smoothness below. They are the cheapest thing in the collection and the one that changes the outfit most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix variants means the sock matches the set: white 40 with the sky blue, black 50 with the all-black, white 30 with the cream, and the rest is up to you. 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This is the hyottoko, the clown of the Japanese festival, a glossy flesh-toned mask with the mouth puckered and pushed to one side as if blowing through a bamboo pipe, one eye squinting and the other round, fat round cheeks, painted eyebrows and forehead lines, and a blue spotted cloth scarf tied round the head and knotted at the side. It fastens with an elastic strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the funniest thing in the shop and the most traditional, and it dances at the front of every festival procession in Japan with the fox and the old woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hifuki, is the fire-blower, which is what the puckered mouth is doing, and the older name of the character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is moulded and finished in a high gloss, painted in a flesh tone with the brows, lines and lips brushed on, and the scarf is a separate cloth tied round the head and stitched at the knot so it stays. The eyes are open behind the painted ones and it fastens with an elastic strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped and dance, which is what it is for, or hang it in a kitchen, which is where the character comes from: the hyottoko is the god of the hearth in the old houses, kept by the stove. It goes with a happi coat and a headband, and it goes with nothing at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mouth is the detail: it is pushed to one side and puckered into a round hole, and with the squinting eye it gives the mask a face caught mid-effort, which is the whole joke. The scarf is a blue cloth with black spots, tied as a country woman ties hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. 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It fastens with an elastic strap and it is the quietest object in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the mask that changes with the angle: tilted down it is sad, tilted up it is glad, and straight on it is waiting. That is what the Noh mask is for, and this one does it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Koomote, is the small face, the Noh name for the mask of the young woman, and the mask is that one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is moulded and finished smooth in a soft white, with the brows, eyes, lips and teeth painted by hand and the eyes cut open behind the painted line, and the inside plain. It fastens with an elastic strap. The shape is the oval of the stage mask, narrower than a face, which is why the wearer's own cheeks show at the sides, as they do on the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped for a photograph, a performance or a party, and tilt the head, because that is where the mask lives; or hang it, which is where most of them go, on a wall where the light comes from one side and the expression changes through the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brows are the detail: painted high on the forehead, well above the eyes, in the manner of the court women of the old paintings, and they are what tell you the face is from another century. The lips are painted red over a line of white teeth, which is the other tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. 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It comes in red with a black jaw or all black with the same gold and charm, and it fastens with an elastic strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tengu is the guardian of the mountain and the teacher of swordsmen, and the nose is his pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Karasu, is the crow, the other form the tengu takes, with a beak instead of a nose; the long-nosed one is the elder, and this mask borrows the crow's name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is moulded and finished in a high gloss, painted in the two colours with the gold swirls and the teeth applied over, and the charm on the brow is a small printed paper set under the gloss. The nose is cast with the face in one piece. It fastens with an elastic strap and the eyes are open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped for a festival, a party or a photograph, and expect people to look at the nose; off the face it stands on its chin, nose up. 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This oni mask is cut from a single block, with two long horns rising and curving back from the brow, deep-set drilled eyes, a furrowed forehead, a broad nose and an open mouth with a row of carved teeth, and the whole left the colour of the wood, so the grain runs across the face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the hannya's older cousin, the demon of the mountains and the festival, and in bare wood it is a carving first and a monster second.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kiboku, is the tree and the wood, the material, and the mask is named for what it is made of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe horns are the detail: they are carved in the same block as the face, not fitted, and they rise nearly the height of the face again, curving back, so the mask is taller than it is wide and casts a shadow with points. The teeth are cut as a single ridge notched into a row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. 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It is the only wooden mask in the collection that is happy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the face of the festival clown, the one who dances at the front, and the horns are the joke: a demon, but a pleased one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Warai, is laughter, and the mask is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eyes are the detail: two narrow curves, closed in a smile, carved as slits with the lids full above them, and they are what make the face laugh rather than grin. The cheeks are the roundest carving in the collection and the horns are the shortest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft brush; keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator, which crack unpainted wood, and out of a damp room. It darkens a little with years, as pale wood does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a pale round face smiling on a wall. From close the wood shows its grain, the eyes their curves, and the horns their stubs. It is the mask for a kitchen or a hallway and a person who wants the one that is glad to see them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. It is the size of a face and a little larger, carved in the round, and it hangs from a cord through the side holes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207948075356,"sku":"srfedtuytuyjugbhn","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/smiling-wooden-mask-warai-1.jpg?v=1790585581"},{"product_id":"okinawa-theater-mask-ryukyu","title":"Okinawa Theater Mask 'Ryukyu'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWooden mask carved as a wide-eyed spirit with round eyes and a downturned mouth\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRound eyes, a big nose and a mouth turned down. This mask is cut from a single block of pale wood as a spirit's face with two round drilled eyes under a ridged brow, a bulbous nose with drilled nostrils, hollow cheeks, long ears and a mouth turned down in a curve, in the manner of the festival masks of the southern islands. It is unpainted and the grain shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the oddest face in the collection and the one people like most, because it is not angry: it is surprised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ryukyu, is the old name of the southern islands, whose festival masks the carving follows, and the mask is a face from there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eyes are the detail: round, drilled straight through and set wide under a single ridge, they give the mask a look of alarm rather than menace, and the nose beneath them is carved as a bulb with two holes. The cheeks are hollowed and the mouth is a single downward curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft brush; keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator, which crack unpainted wood, and out of a damp room. It darkens a little with years, as pale wood does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a pale face with round eyes on a wall. From close the wood shows its grain, the nose its bulb, and the mouth its curve. It is the mask for a person who wants a spirit that is not a demon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. 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It is the widest mouth on any wooden mask in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the mask for a person who wants the demon mid-shout, and the carving is deepest where the shout is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shimen, is the four faces, the guardian at the four directions, and this is one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mouth is the detail: it opens from one cheek to the other in a wide curve, with the teeth cut as a notched ridge along the top and the fangs at the corners, and the lower lip carved as a separate roll. The brow knots above the nose in two ridges, and the eyes are drilled deep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft brush; keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator, which crack unpainted wood, and out of a damp room. It darkens a little with years, as pale wood does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a pale face with a wide mouth on a wall. From close the wood shows its gouges, the mouth its teeth, and the brow its knot. It is the mask for a hallway and a person who likes a face that shouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. It is the size of a face and a little larger, carved in the round, and it hangs from a cord through the side holes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207948730716,"sku":"dfgdftytryrytry","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/hand-carved-japanese-mask-shimen-1.jpg?v=1790585576"},{"product_id":"large-wooden-folk-mask-oomen","title":"Large Wooden Folk Mask 'Oomen'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLarge wooden folk mask carved as a scowling man with a topknot and a moustache\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA scowling man with his hair tied up, carved large. This folk mask is cut from a single block of pale wood as a man's face with a topknot carved on the crown, long ears, heavy brows over drilled eyes, a broad nose, a moustache and a mouth turned hard down, left unpainted so the grain runs across the cheeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the face of the village festival, the old man or the god who comes down the mountain once a year, and in this size it is a presence on a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Oomen, is simply the big mask, and it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe topknot is the detail: it is carved on the crown as a bound knot of hair with the cord showing, in the same block as the face, and it is what makes the mask a man rather than a demon. The moustache is carved in two sweeps under the nose, and the mouth turns down at both ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft brush; keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator, which crack unpainted wood, and out of a damp room. It darkens a little with years, as pale wood does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a large pale face with a knot on top. From close the wood shows its grain, the knot its cord, and the mouth its scowl. It is the mask for a large wall and a person who wants the village god.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, large. It is larger than a face, carved in the round, and it hangs from a cord through the side holes. 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This mask is cut from a single block of pale wood as a demon's face with a knot of muscle on the brow, heavy folded cheeks, deep drilled eyes under a ridge, a broad nose and an open mouth with carved teeth and two small fangs, and it is left unpainted, so the grain runs across the face and the tool marks show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the wooden mask in the collection with the most muscle in it, and the frown is what the carver spent their time on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ikkoku, is one moment, the instant the face was caught in, and it is a face caught mid-anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is carved from a single block of a pale wood, the tool marks left visible on the back and smoothed on the face, with the eyes drilled through and the surface left unpainted so the grain shows. There are two holes at the sides for a cord. It is carved to hang, not to wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHang it on a wall by a cord through the side holes, at eye height, where the light rakes across it from a window or a lamp, because a carved face is made by its shadows. It is the piece that reads as sculpture rather than costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brow is the detail: it is carved as a knot of three ridges meeting above the nose, deep enough to shadow the eyes entirely in raking light, and it is what gives the mask its expression. The cheeks fold under the eyes in two heavy curves, and the teeth are cut as a notched ridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft brush; keep it out of direct sun and away from a radiator, which crack unpainted wood, and out of a damp room. It darkens a little with years, as pale wood does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a pale frowning face on a wall. From close the wood shows its grain, the brow its ridges, and the mouth its fangs. It is the mask for a study and a person who likes a carving with force in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. 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The blue is the colour furthest from flesh, and it makes the mask read as a spirit rather than a face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the hannya for a person who wants the shape without the heat, and the one that looks best against a dark wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Namanari, is the half-made demon, the Noh mask of a woman at the start of her transformation, with the small horns; the name is borrowed here for the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is cast in a hard resin, thick enough to take a knock, painted by hand in layers so the colour deepens in the folds and lightens on the brow, with the horns, the eyes and the teeth picked out in gold, and the inside finished black. It fastens with two crossed adjustable elastic straps, and the eyes are open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with the straps crossed behind the head and adjusted once, which holds it without a hand, and it sits on the face with the eyes at eye level and the mouth clear. 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It is the mask for a dark wall and a person who likes the cold version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The mask covers the face from the hairline to below the chin, and the straps adjust from a teenager's head to a large adult's.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207949746524,"sku":"14:173","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/blue-hannya-mask-namanari-1.jpg?v=1790585541"},{"product_id":"green-hannya-mask-aohannya","title":"Green Hannya Mask 'Aohannya'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGreen hannya mask in painted resin with gold horns, gold eyes and gold teeth, strapped\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same demon, in green. 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It fastens with two crossed adjustable elastic straps, and the eyes are open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with the straps crossed behind the head and adjusted once, which holds it without a hand, and it sits on the face with the eyes at eye level and the mouth clear. It is a mask for a festival, a party or a stage, and it breathes better than it looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe green is the detail: it is a deep, slightly blue green that reads as old bronze in low light and as jade in sun, and the gold sits on it more quietly than on the red. The horns are the same brushed gold and the teeth the same points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; keep it out of a hot car and direct sun, which dull the paint. The straps unclip for washing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a dark green face with horns. From close the paint shows its shading, the horns their gold, and the mouth its teeth. It is the mask for a wall with a green in it, and for a person who knows the three colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. 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It is the same face as the green and the black half masks in the collection, in the colour of the iron it was copied from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version for a person who wants the mask to look like the museum piece, and the ageing is what does it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ginmen, is the silver face, and the mask is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is cast in a flexible latex, painted by hand and sealed, with the teeth and fangs cast in and painted bone white, and the inside plain. It covers the face from below the eyes to under the chin, leaving the eyes and the brow clear, and it fastens with an elastic strap round the back of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped, with the eyes clear above it, which is how the samurai wore the iron one under a helmet, and how it is worn now at a festival, a party or on a motorbike. 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This is the hannya, the mask of the Noh stage for a woman turned to a demon by jealousy, cast in resin and painted in a deep red that shades to black at the edges, with two gold horns curling back from the brow, gold-rimmed eyes, and an open mouth full of gold teeth. The inside is black and the straps cross behind the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the mask everyone knows from tattoos and sukajan, and it is the one that looks at you from across a room. In red, it is the version at full anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shakki, is the red demon, the hannya at its most enraged, and the red is that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is cast in a hard resin, thick enough to take a knock, painted by hand in layers so the colour deepens in the folds and lightens on the brow, with the horns, the eyes and the teeth picked out in gold, and the inside finished black. It fastens with two crossed adjustable elastic straps, and the eyes are open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it with the straps crossed behind the head and adjusted once, which holds it without a hand, and it sits on the face with the eyes at eye level and the mouth clear. It is a mask for a festival, a party or a stage, and it breathes better than it looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shading is the detail: the red is darkest in the folds beside the nose and lightest on the cheekbones, so the face reads as flesh rather than paint, and the gold on the horns is brushed rather than flat. The teeth are separate gold points in a black mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; keep it out of a hot car and direct sun, which dull the paint. The straps unclip for washing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a red face with horns. From close the paint shows its shading, the horns their brushed gold, and the mouth its teeth. It is the mask for a person who has the hannya on their jacket and wants it on the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. 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It leaves the eyes and the brow clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the mask in the collection that is meant to be worn rather than hung, because the face above it is part of the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ryokumen, is the green face, and the mask is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is cast in a flexible latex, painted by hand and sealed, with the teeth and fangs cast in and painted bone white, and the inside plain. It covers the face from below the eyes to under the chin, leaving the eyes and the brow clear, and it fastens with an elastic strap round the back of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped, with the eyes clear above it, which is how the samurai wore the iron one under a helmet, and how it is worn now at a festival, a party or on a motorbike. It goes with the black clothes in the range and with the samurai helmet ring, and it is the mask in the collection that leaves your eyes to do the talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fangs are the detail: four, two up and two down, cast long and painted bone white, and they are what turn a face guard into a beast. The nose guard is veined like a leaf, which is a pattern from the armour, and the cheeks carry a scroll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; keep latex out of the sun and away from heat, which stiffen it, and store it flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a green grin on a face. From close the teeth show their rows, the fangs their length, and the nose its veins. It is the mask for a person who wants the samurai's snarl and their own eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The mask covers from the cheekbones to below the chin and the strap adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207950565724,"sku":"14:175#Green;200007763:201336100","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/green-samurai-menpo-mask-ryokumen-1.jpg?v=1790585566"},{"product_id":"black-half-mask-kuromen","title":"Black Half Mask 'Kuromen'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlack samurai half mask with a fanged grin, bared teeth and a glossy finish\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe samurai's grin, in black. This menpo is the half mask of the armour, cast in a flexible latex and painted a glossy black, with a bared grin of white teeth, four long fangs curving past the jaw, a nose guard veined like a leaf and scrolled cheeks, and it leaves the eyes and brow clear. In black the face guard reads as lacquer, which is what the fine ones were finished in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version for a person who wears black and wants the teeth to be the only light thing on the mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kuromen, is the black face, and the mask is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is cast in a flexible latex, painted by hand and sealed, with the teeth and fangs cast in and painted bone white, and the inside plain. It covers the face from below the eyes to under the chin, leaving the eyes and the brow clear, and it fastens with an elastic strap round the back of the head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped, with the eyes clear above it, which is how the samurai wore the iron one under a helmet, and how it is worn now at a festival, a party or on a motorbike. It goes with the black clothes in the range and with the samurai helmet ring, and it is the mask in the collection that leaves your eyes to do the talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gloss is the detail: the black is finished high so the leaf veins on the nose and the scrolls on the cheeks show as reflections rather than colour, and the white teeth and fangs stand off it. The four fangs are the same length as on the silver and the green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; keep latex out of the sun and away from heat, which stiffen it, and store it flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a black grin with white teeth. From close the gloss shows its depth, the fangs their length, and the nose its veins. It is the mask for an all-black outfit and a person who wants the lacquered version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The mask covers from the cheekbones to below the chin and the strap adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207950664028,"sku":"14:193#Black;200007763:201336100","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/black-half-mask-kuromen-1.jpg?v=1790585598"},{"product_id":"black-and-white-fox-mask-kurogitsune","title":"Black and White Fox Mask 'Kurogitsune'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite fox mask with black markings and red eyes, black tassels and bells\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fox in black and white, with red eyes. This kitsune mask is a white shell with pointed ears painted black inside, black sweeps from the eyes back to the ears, black marks on the cheeks and the chin, eyes rimmed in red, a black nose and mouth, and black cords and tassels at the sides with a brass bell on each. It is the fox with the colours reversed, and the red eyes are the only warmth on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the fox mask in the collection for a person who wears black, and the one that reads as a graphic rather than a festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kurogitsune, is the black fox, the rarer one of the old stories, and the mask is that fox in white with its black showing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is a moulded PVC shell, light and unbreakable, painted by hand in white with the markings brushed on and sealed, with the eyes cut open and the inside plain. It fastens with an elastic strap, and two tassels on cords hang from the sides with small brass bells at the ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it on the face with the strap behind, or pushed up to the side of the head with the tassels hanging, which is how a fox mask is worn at a Japanese festival by everyone who is not currently a fox. It goes with a yukata, a jinbei or a hoodie equally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red eyes are the detail: the eye holes are rimmed in red inside the black sweep, so the mask has a stare the white-and-red foxes do not, and the black cheek marks curl like the marks on a paper fox. The tassels are black to match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; the paint is sealed but not scrub-proof. Keep it flat in a bag; the shell does not crack but the tassels tangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a white fox face with black. From close the sweeps show their black, the eyes their red rim, and the bells their brass. It is the mask for a black outfit and a person who wants the fox in monochrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult or teenager. The mask covers the face from the brow to the chin, the ears rise above, and the strap adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207950991708,"sku":"14:200004870#A-3;200007763:201336100","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/black-and-white-fox-mask-kurogitsune-1.jpg?v=1790585564"}],"url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/collections\/japanese-accessories.oembed?page=3","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}