MEDIEVAL MONSTER CHUSEN TENUGUI SCARF - C

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”Busy day at the office”

37 x 98cm
Cotton 100%
Hand-dyed in Japan
Comes in a folded small poster

In the Edo period (1600 to 1868), the use of tenugui as an everyday item for ordinary people spread because cotton cultivation in Japan became popular and also because "sento" communal bathhouses became commonplace. At that time, tenugui was used mainly as something to be worn around the head, and images of people wearing tenugui in that way are depicted in many "ukiyoe" drawings from that period. In addition, tenugui was used as an accessory worn around the neck or as part of clothing for kabuki actors and also served the useful functions of various items, including a towel, a handkerchief, and a "noren" shop curtain. Kabuki actors and "rakugo" story-telling artists handed out tenugui to customers, just as today's businessmen give their name cards to clients. In the Meiji period (1868 to 1912), the popularity of tenugui temporarily declined because of the progress in Japan's westernization. However, in the modern Japan, tenugui continues to serve versatile functions, including as a handkerchief and a wrapping cloth, and is also given out as a gift or a ceremonial memento.

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As these products are hand-dyed items, the colors of the goods delivered to you may not exactly match the colors shown in the picture.


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