{"product_id":"starfish-plush-cushion-hitode","title":"Starfish Plush Cushion 'Hitode'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePlush cushion shaped as a cherry blossom with five petals and embroidered stamens\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cherry blossom to lean on. This cushion is shaped as the five-petalled flower of the cherry, each petal notched at its tip as the real one is, stuffed soft in a short-pile plush, with the stamens embroidered at the centre in orange thread with small dots, in three colours: a pale blue, a pink and a yellow. The title calls it a starfish, and from across a room it could be one, but the notched petals and the stamens are the cherry's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the softest thing in the collection and the one for a sofa corner or a child's bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hitode, is the starfish, the sea star, and the shape is the cherry blossom's, which has five points too; the name is a joke and we keep it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cushion is two pieces of short-pile plush cut to the five-petal shape, sewn round the edge and stuffed with a soft synthetic fill, with the stamens embroidered on the top face in orange with white dots at the tips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut it on a sofa, a bed, a chair or a child's floor, and lean on it, hug it or sit on it; it is a cushion first and a toy second. The pink is the cherry's own colour; the blue and the yellow are the cherry in a mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe notches are the detail: each petal is cut with the small notch at the tip that separates a cherry blossom from a plum in Japanese drawing, and the embroidered stamens at the centre are five lines with dots, which is how the flower is drawn on a kimono.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan sits on the floor, and the cushion is the chair. On tatami or on boards it goes under a low table, in front of a window, beside a bed; in a Western room it goes on a sofa, a chair or a floor by the fire, and it is the thing a guest is handed. Every cushion in the collection is photographed on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachine wash cool in a bag on a gentle cycle and dry flat; brush the pile when dry. It comes back to shape with a shake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a soft five-pointed shape in colour. From close the points are petals with notches, the centre its stamens, and the plush its pile. It is the cushion for a child and a person who likes the blossom in three dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, the span of two hands. The three colours are the same size and fill.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Turquoise","offer_id":59207925465436,"sku":"YNK-STAR-PLUS-CUSH-TURQUOISE","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rose","offer_id":59207925498204,"sku":"YNK-STAR-PLUS-CUSH-ROSE","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Yellow","offer_id":59207925530972,"sku":"YNK-STAR-PLUS-CUSH-YELLOW","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/starfish-plush-cushion-hitode-1.jpg?v=1790586236","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/starfish-plush-cushion-hitode","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}