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Product Name : | Ko-bukusa Cloth (Tea-things) (chikirinnekohishimonnishiki) |
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Product type : | Ko-bukusa Cloth |
Size (cm) : | W16.0 x H15.0 |
Related Tags : | stoat、 Wrapping available、 Pattern_Neko tsunagi-style brocade with bamboo grove、 cat、 Tea utensils、 fukusa、 |
Remark : | Please note that the pattern may be different from the picture shown due to the cutting process. Please be forewarned. |
Other : | Gift wrapping service available |
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Product Description
An item for tea ceremony, good for interior decoration, too.
Pattern Description
Chiku-rin Neko Tsunagi-mon Nishiki(Kasuga-ōchō Brocade with Design of Bamboo Groves and Cats)

Design of this brocade is originated from a pattern drawn on the "Kin-ji-raden-kenuki-gata-tachi" ("Tachi" Sword Mounting with Mother-of-pearl on a Gold Ground and Hilt of "Kenuki-gata" (tweezer-shaped opening) Type), which is the cats dangling the sparrows in bamboo grove were splendidly drawn on the gold "Ikakeji" ground sheath by a mother-of-pearl work, plus flowers and scrolls were chased on the hilt.
"Kenuki-gata-tachi" was used by high-ranked officers in the Imperial Guards where sons of powerful aristocrats served. Only a few of the swords of this kind are left today, out of which this piece is the most gorgeous article.
We have woven into warp-patterned brocade depicting the humorous figure of the cats, which were displayed in the original by the highest technique in the Heian period, in a beehive pattern with our authentic tehnique.
The Source : National Treasure owned by Kasuga Taisha "Kin-ji-raden-kenuki-gata-tachi", Heian Period (12th C.)