{"title":"Japanese Umbrella","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe wagasa, the Japanese parasol, is built from a bamboo frame and a treated paper or fabric canopy, its design radiating from the centre. Explore blossom, peony, koi and landscape patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sky-blue-sakura-wagasa-umbrella-harusora","title":"Sky Blue Sakura Wagasa Umbrella 'Harusora'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSky blue wagasa parasol with pink cherry blossom drifting over a pale moon\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlossom on a blue sky, with a moon behind it. This wagasa has a canopy in a soft sky blue with branches of cherry blossom in pink reaching across the upper half, petals drifting down the lower, and a pale circle of moon behind the centre where the ribs meet at a red cap. The blue deepens towards the edge, so the parasol reads as a piece of sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the lightest-coloured of the blossom parasols in the collection, and the moon is what makes it: the blossom is on every parasol in Japan, the daytime moon is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Harusora, is the spring sky, the blue of the canopy, and the blossom is what is in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe moon is the detail: a pale disc printed behind the cap, so the ribs cross it like the shadow of branches, and the petals drift down over it. The blossom is drawn as dark branches with pink flowers, in the manner of the old paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a blue circle with pink on it. From close the blossom shows its branches, the moon its edge behind the ribs, and the blue its fade. It is the parasol for a white or pink yukata and a spring photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207983825244,"sku":"14:200000195#Chocolate","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/sky-blue-sakura-wagasa-umbrella-harusora-1.jpg?v=1790585137"},{"product_id":"white-japanese-parasol-aohana","title":"White Japanese Parasol 'Aohana'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite parasol with blue peonies and scrolls, in the manner of blue-and-white porcelain\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue and white, like a plate. This parasol has a white canopy printed with round peonies in two blues, a deep one and a paler one, with scrolling leaves and tendrils between them, spaced evenly round the canopy so it reads as the pattern on a blue-and-white porcelain dish opened out flat. The centre is plain white round the red cap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most graphic of the parasols in the collection, and the one that goes with the most: blue and white goes with everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Aohana, is the blue flower, and the canopy has a ring of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two blues are the detail: the peonies are drawn in a deep cobalt with a paler blue for the inner petals, which is how the old porcelain painters got their depth with one pigment, and the scrolls between them are in the deep blue only. The pattern is the same all round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a white circle with blue spots. From close the spots are peonies, the scrolls show their curls, and the two blues their depth. It is the parasol for a navy or white yukata and a person who collects plates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207984382300,"sku":"14:200006154#Dark grey","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/white-japanese-parasol-aohana-1.jpg?v=1790585142"},{"product_id":"blue-and-white-traditional-wagasa-aizome","title":"Blue and White Traditional Wagasa 'Aizome'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite wagasa parasol with indigo peonies massed at the edge and an ink inscription\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndigo on white, from the edge in. This wagasa has a white canopy with peonies and leaves in a deep indigo blue massed round the outer edge and thinning towards the centre, so the parasol is dark at the rim and white at the cap, with a short inscription brushed in black at the right. It is drawn as a dye pattern, in one blue with the white left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol in the collection with the most indigo, and the one for the indigo yukata in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Aizome, is indigo dyeing, the blue of the canopy, and the print is drawn the way an indigo cloth is dyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inscription is a short Chinese phrase in a brush hand at the right, the mark of the style rather than a message, and the peonies are the detail: they are drawn in one blue with the white of the canopy as the highlight, which is how a stencil-dyed cloth gets its light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a white circle with a blue rim. From close the rim is peonies, the blue shows its depth, and the inscription its strokes. It is the parasol for an indigo yukata and a person who likes one colour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985037660,"sku":"14:200004890#gray","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/blue-and-white-traditional-wagasa-aizome-1.jpg?v=1790585148"},{"product_id":"red-japanese-umbrella-benigasa","title":"Red Japanese Umbrella 'Benigasa'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRed parasol with pink peonies and green leaves painted across it in full colour\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed, with peonies on the red. This parasol has a canopy in a bright red with peonies in pink and a deeper red and leaves in green crossing the upper half, painted in full colour with shading on every petal, and the lower half left plain red. The red is the traditional colour of a Japanese parasol, and the peonies are what make this one a painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the boldest parasol in the collection and the one seen first in a photograph, which is what a red parasol is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Benigasa, is the red parasol, the classic of the tea garden, and this is one with flowers on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leaves are the detail: green on red is a hard pairing and the leaves are drawn dark with pale veins so they hold against the ground, and the peonies are shaded from pink at the edge to deep red at the centre, so they sit in front of the leaves rather than in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a red circle. From close the peonies show their shading, the leaves their veins, and the red its evenness. It is the parasol for a white or black kimono and the photograph everybody wants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985430876,"sku":"14:175#chestnut","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/red-japanese-umbrella-benigasa-1.jpg?v=1790585165"},{"product_id":"lotus-bridge-japanese-umbrella-hasuhashi","title":"Lotus Bridge Japanese Umbrella 'Hasuhashi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite parasol painted with a bridge, willows, a lotus and white blossom in ink\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landscape in ink wash, on a parasol. This has a white canopy with a stone bridge and willows drawn in grey wash across the lower half, a pink lotus at the left edge and a branch of white blossom with a bird at the top left, and the rest of the canopy left white. It is the quietest print in the collection, and the one that reads most like a page from a painting manual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol for a person who wants the picture and not the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hasuhashi, is the lotus bridge, the two things in the painting, and the canopy has both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lotus is the detail: a single pink flower at the left edge, the only colour in the landscape apart from the pale blossom, and the bridge is the anchor, drawn in grey with its arches reflected. The willows are a few strokes each.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a white circle with a grey shadow at the bottom. From close the shadow is a bridge, the willows show their strokes, and the lotus its pink. It is the parasol for a white or grey kimono and a person who paints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985496412,"sku":"14:173#white","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/lotus-bridge-japanese-umbrella-hasuhashi-1.jpg?v=1790585159"},{"product_id":"pink-sakura-japanese-umbrella-sakurairo","title":"Pink Sakura Japanese Umbrella 'Sakurairo'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePink parasol with cherry blossom branches and petals falling into a drift\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePink, and pink on the pink. This parasol has a canopy in a pale pink with a branch of cherry blossom at the top right, a swallow at the top left, petals falling across the whole canopy and a drift of fallen petals gathering along the bottom edge, so the parasol has a top and a bottom the way a landscape does. It is the pinkest thing in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol for a person who wants the cherry blossom and wants the whole thing to be that colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sakurairo, is cherry-blossom colour, the pink of the canopy, and the print is the blossom itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drift is the detail: the petals gather along the bottom edge of the canopy in a band of deeper pink, the way they gather on a path in April, and the falling petals above it are the same shape scattered. The swallow at the top left is the one dark mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a pink circle. From close the branches show their blossom, the petals their fall, and the drift its band. It is the parasol for a white yukata and the week the cherry is out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985627484,"sku":"14:200006154#khaki","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/pink-sakura-japanese-umbrella-sakurairo-1.jpg?v=1790585154"},{"product_id":"plum-blossom-paper-umbrella-umezono","title":"Plum Blossom Paper Umbrella 'Umezono'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite wagasa parasol with red plum blossom, a magpie and a brushed inscription\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed plum on white, with a bird. This wagasa has a white canopy with plum blossom in red on branches drawn in black ink, massed across the left and the bottom, a magpie in black and white perched in the branches near the centre, and a column of four characters brushed in black at the right. It is drawn in the manner of ink painting, and the red is the only colour in it besides the bird.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol in the collection that reads most like a hanging scroll, and it is the one for a winter wedding, which is when plum blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Umezono, is the plum garden, and the canopy is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inscription is a Chinese phrase, four characters in a brush hand, the kind that pairs a magpie with plum blossom as a wish for good news, and it sits as a column at the right. The magpie is the detail to look for: it is small and near the cap, and it faces the blossom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a white circle with red at the edge. From close the blossom shows its petals, the branches their ink, and the inscription its strokes. It is the parasol for a black or red kimono and a photograph in February.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985693020,"sku":"14:1052#white","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/plum-blossom-paper-umbrella-umezono-1.jpg?v=1790585140"},{"product_id":"peach-blossom-wagasa-parasol-momozono","title":"Peach Blossom Wagasa Parasol 'Momozono'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePink and yellow parasol with a black plum branch, blossom and two birds\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA branch across a sunset. This parasol has a canopy that shades from a warm yellow at the top to pink at the bottom, with a thick black plum branch crossing it from the right, pink blossom clustered along the branch and two small birds perched on it near the centre. The black branch is the boldest line on any parasol in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol for a person who wants warmth, and the yellow-to-pink is the colour of the sky it is meant to be carried under.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Momozono, is the peach garden, the pink of the blossom, and the canopy is that colour at its foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe birds are the detail: two, perched together on the branch near the cap, small and grey with white breasts, and they face each other. The branch is drawn thick and black, with the blossom in pink clusters along it, and the fade behind it is even.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a warm circle with a black line across it. From close the line is a branch, the blossom shows its clusters, and the birds their pair. It is the parasol for a plain yukata in any colour and an evening photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985791324,"sku":"14:29#z - directive","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/peach-blossom-wagasa-parasol-momozono-1.jpg?v=1790585156"},{"product_id":"magnolia-japanese-style-umbrella-mokuren","title":"Magnolia Japanese Style Umbrella 'Mokuren'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCream parasol with pink magnolia branches and two swallows in flight\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnolia and swallows on cream. This parasol has a cream canopy with magnolia in pink and white on grey branches crossing it from the left and the right, and two swallows in black flying between the blossom, one near the cap and one lower down. The magnolia is drawn with its petals open, the way it blooms before its leaves come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol in the collection for early spring, before the cherry, and the swallows are what set the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Mokuren, is the magnolia, and the canopy is a branch of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe swallows are the detail: forked tails, black backs, drawn small and in motion, and they are what stops the parasol being only flowers. The magnolia petals are shaded from deep pink at the base to white at the tip, on grey branches drawn in ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a cream circle with pink on it. From close the magnolia shows its petals, the branches their ink, and the swallows their tails. It is the parasol for a white or green kimono and a March photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207985856860,"sku":"14:200006151#wine red","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/magnolia-japanese-style-umbrella-mokuren-1.jpg?v=1790585151"},{"product_id":"green-kimono-portrait-umbrella-aobijin","title":"Green Kimono Portrait Umbrella 'Aobijin'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePale parasol with a woman in a green kimono and patterned obi, after a print\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman standing, in green, on a pale ground. This parasol has a canopy in a pale blue-white with a woman standing at the centre in a green kimono over a yellow under-robe, a wide obi patterned in black, white and gold, her hair up with several ornaments, one hand raised to her hair, drawn in the manner of the old prints of beautiful women. The pale ground leaves her the whole canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the second of the portrait parasols in the collection, and the one where the figure is largest: she is the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Aobijin, is the green beauty, the woman in the green kimono, and the canopy is her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is the detail: a wide band patterned in black and white with gold, tied at the front, which is how a courtesan wore it in the prints, and the yellow under-robe shows at the hem and the sleeve. The hair ornaments are drawn in red and gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a pale circle with a green figure on it. From close the figure shows her kimono, the obi its pattern, and the ornaments their colours. It is the parasol for a plain kimono in a dark colour and a person who wants the print to walk.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207986020700,"sku":"14:365458#brown","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/green-kimono-portrait-umbrella-aobijin-1.jpg?v=1790585176"},{"product_id":"blue-landscape-paper-parasol-sansui","title":"Blue Landscape Paper Parasol 'Sansui'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite parasol with a blue ink landscape of mountains, pines and a calligraphy column\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMountains in blue ink, and a column of writing. This parasol has a white canopy with a landscape drawn in one blue, mountains rising at the left, pines and a pavilion below them, a boat on water at the bottom, and a column of brushed calligraphy with a red seal at the right, in the manner of a Chinese scroll painting. The blue is a single ink and the white is the paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol in the collection that is a painting first, and it is the one for a person who reads scrolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sansui, is mountains and water, the name of the landscape genre itself, and the canopy is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inscription is a Chinese poem in a brush hand with three larger characters beside it and a red seal beneath, the way a scroll is signed, and it tells you the print is copied from a painting. The mountains rise in the flat, layered way of the old manuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a white circle with blue on it. From close the blue is mountains and pines, the column its characters, and the seal its red. It is the parasol for a plain kimono and a person who reads scrolls.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207986086236,"sku":"14:365016#violet","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/blue-landscape-paper-parasol-sansui-1.jpg?v=1790585162"},{"product_id":"cream-peony-oil-paper-umbrella-botanmai","title":"Cream Peony Oil Paper Umbrella 'Botanmai'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCream parasol with red peonies, a hummingbird and a blue jay, painted in full colour\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeonies in full colour, with two birds. This parasol has a cream canopy with a bank of red and pink peonies and green leaves across the lower half, painted in full colour with shading on every petal, a hummingbird hovering at the top right and a small blue bird perched at the left. The cream shows the texture of the canopy, and the peonies are the richest print in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol for a person who wants colour and a painting, not a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Botanmai, is the peony dance, the flowers in the wind, and the canopy is full of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hummingbird is the detail: it hovers at the top right with its wings blurred, the one moving thing in a still painting, and the blue bird at the left is its counterweight. The peonies are shaded from deep red at the centre to pink at the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a cream circle with red flowers. From close the peonies show their shading, the leaves their veins, and the birds their feathers. It is the parasol for a plain kimono in any colour and a summer wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207986151772,"sku":"14:200003699#Z -0079","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/cream-peony-oil-paper-umbrella-botanmai-1.jpg?v=1790585145"},{"product_id":"golden-kimono-lady-umbrella-kinbijin","title":"Golden Kimono Lady Umbrella 'Kinbijin'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGolden parasol with a woman in a pale kimono at her mirror, after a print\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman at her mirror, on gold. This parasol has a canopy in a warm gold with a woman in a pale kimono lined in red kneeling at the centre, her hair up, her hand raised to her collar, a mirror on a stand at the left and a low screen behind her, drawn in the flat, elegant manner of the old prints of beautiful women. The gold ground makes the pale kimono glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most painterly of the figure parasols in the collection, and the one for a person who has seen the prints in a museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kinbijin, is the golden beauty, the woman on the gold ground, and the canopy is her portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kimono is the detail: pale with a fine pattern, lined in red that shows at the collar, the sleeve and the hem, and it falls in the long folds the print artists drew to show cloth. The mirror stand at the left is the object that tells you where she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a gold circle with a pale figure on it. From close the figure shows her kimono and its red lining, the mirror its stand, and the gold its warmth. It is the parasol for a black or dark kimono and a photograph in the late afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207986250076,"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\/golden-kimono-lady-umbrella-kinbijin-1.jpg?v=1790585173"},{"product_id":"geisha-fan-japanese-parasol-senmen","title":"Geisha Fan Japanese Parasol 'Senmen'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePeach parasol with a woman in a kimono holding a fan, among plum and maple\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman with a fan, on a peach ground. This parasol has a warm peach canopy with a woman in a white kimono at the right, her hair up, holding an open fan in red and gold that covers the centre of the canopy, with plum blossom in pink on branches at the top and maple leaves scattered at the bottom. She is drawn in the manner of the old prints, and the fan is the brightest thing on the parasol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the first of the figure parasols in the collection, and the one where the figure shares the canopy with the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Senmen, is the face of a fan, the leaf of it, and the fan she holds is the centre of the canopy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fan is the detail: it is open and it covers the cap, so the ribs of the parasol cross the ribs of the fan, which is a joke the designer made on purpose. The woman's kimono is white with a pattern of leaves, and her hair carries a red ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a peach circle with a figure on it. From close the figure shows her fan, the blossom its branches, and the maple its leaves. 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The yellow is even and the figure is the only busy thing on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the parasol in the collection with the most story in it, and the geese are what tell you it is autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Karigane, is the cry of the wild geese, the two birds at the top, and the canopy is named for the sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe frame is wood: a straight shaft, a ring of thin ribs radiating from a red-lacquered cap at the top, and a second ring of stretchers beneath that push the ribs open, with a runner that slides up the shaft and locks. The canopy is a cloth with the look of oiled paper, not paper, which is why it survives a shower, a suitcase and a child, and why the print is even to the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it closed by the shaft and open it with the runner, which slides up and clicks. It is a parasol first: made for sun and for photographs, over a yukata or a kimono at a festival, a wedding, a garden, and it will shrug off a few drops of rain but not an afternoon of it. Opened and hung from its cap, it is a lamp shade without the lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kimono is the detail: blue with a pattern of round crests in yellow, orange and white, the kind a young apprentice wears, drawn flat with the obi in red and black. The geese are two dark marks at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery umbrella in the collection is photographed open, standing on its cap, on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare: they are the same size and the same frame, and the canopy is the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDry it open if it gets wet, out of the sun, and close it only when the canopy is dry. Store it closed in its sleeve. The ribs are thin, so it is carried, not thrown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a garden it is a yellow circle with a blue figure at the bottom. From close the figure shows her kimono, the geese their wings, and the willow its leaves. It is the parasol for a plain kimono in a dark colour and a person who likes a story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207987036508,"sku":"14:350852#transparent","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/maiko-wild-geese-umbrella-karigane-1.jpg?v=1790585170"}],"url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/collections\/japanese-umbrella.oembed","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}