Ume-no-Hana Makiage Shibori Tenugui

Ume-no-Hana Makiage Shibori Tenugui**If you are interested in a sold out tenugui, please email staff@yoshikowada. com to request a notification when it will be in stock. Production and delivery of certain tenugui can take up to one month from Arimatsu, Japan. Stitched and bound resist in plum blossom pattern Technique: Makiage Shibori Stitching and crisscross binding in the shape of a motif. For this particular tenugui, makiage shibori is performed twice, first to dye the flowers pink

**If you are interested in a sold out tenugui, please email [email protected] to request a notification when it will be in stock. Production and delivery of certain tenugui can take up to one  month from Arimatsu, Japan.

Stitched and bound-resist in plum blossom pattern

Technique: Makiage Shibori - Stitching and crisscross binding in the shape of a motif. For this particular tenugui, makiage shibori is performed twice, first to dye the flowers pink (with a white outline marking the stitch resist), and secondly to resist the pink flower with makiage shibori technique and dye the ground in indigo.

Pattern: Ume-no-Hana - Plum blossom, it is a symbol of raw life force, as it perseveres even in the face of bitter cold and is the first tree to bear flowers when spring approaches. 

Color: Pink/Indigo

Approximately 1m x 35cm (39in x 13in)

100% Cotton

Handmade in Arimatsu, Japan

Tenugui are scarf-size, all-purpose towels made of lightweight cotton, used in Japan for centuries and recently popularized and collected because of their beautiful patterns and graphic designs.

Ukiyo-e example: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1847-1852) / Kasamatsu Shiro (1970)

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