Red Seigaiha Furoshiki 'Akanami'
Long furoshiki cloth printed with the overlapping-wave pattern in red, coral, pink and wine, outlined in gold, 50 by 145 cm.
Red Seigaiha Furoshiki 'Akanami'
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Furoshiki wrapping cloth, 50 by 145 cm, printed edge to edge with the overlapping-wave pattern in red, coral, pink and wine, each scale in concentric lines and outlined in gold. One size, hemmed on all sides.
Fabric & care
The composition is stated in the description and printed on the inner label. Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Hang to dry. Iron on low, inside out over prints or embroidery.
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Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We name every garment for what it is: a kimono jacket is not a haori, an unlined kimono is not a yukata.
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About this piece
Red furoshiki cloth printed with the overlapping-wave pattern in reds and pink with gold
The 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.
It is the third of the four wave cloths in the collection, and the one for a New Year table.
The name, Akanami, is the red wave, and the cloth is a sea of them.
The 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.
Use 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.
The 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.
Hand 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.
From 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.
It 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.
Questions about the furoshiki
What is a furoshiki?
A wrapping cloth. In Japan it wraps a gift, a bottle, a lunch or a purchase, and the cloth is part of the present and is used again. It also runs down a table, hangs on a wall or ties as a scarf.
What size is it?
50 by 145 cm, a long rectangle rather than the traditional square. It wraps a bottle or a long box like a square does, and it works as a table runner or a scarf, which a square does not.
What is it made of?
A fine, close-woven printed cloth with a soft hand and a little body, the kind sold by the metre in a Japanese print shop. Most designs carry a metallic gold printed on the surface.
Is it made in Japan?
No. It is a Japanese design, made in Asia. We say so on every page.
How do I tie it?
For a bottle: stand it in the centre, bring the two long ends up, cross them, wrap and knot at the top into a handle. For a box: lay it diagonally, fold the corners over and tie the last two. Any knot that holds is correct.
How do I wash it?
Hand wash cool or a gentle machine cycle in a bag, dry flat out of the sun, iron on the reverse on low. Do not scrub the gold.
What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We say so on every page, because the alternative is selling you a word instead of a garment.
On the record
| Piece | Red Seigaiha Furoshiki 'Akanami' |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 小物Accessories |
| Collection | The furoshiki collection |
| Motif | 波Wave |
| Fabric | Printed cloth with metallic gold |
| Sizes | 50x145cm |
| Made | Japanese design, made in Asia |
| Reference | YONA-0195 |
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