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Product Name : | Skewer Holder (Tea Ceremony Goods) (Shokko Nishiki) |
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Product type : | Skewer Holder |
Size (cm) : | W2.0×H10.5 |
Related Tags : | Famous fabric、 Pattern: Shokuben Nishiki (red brocade)、 Tea utensils、 |
Remark : | Please note that the pattern may be different from the picture shown due to the cutting process. Please be forewarned. |
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Product Description
Holding a skewer for eating moist WAGASHI. Good item when attending tea ceremony.
Pattern Description
Shokko Nishiki(Shokko Brocade)

Shokko Nishiki originally means a red brocade woven at a mill in Chengdu, capital city of Shu Dynasty China (221-263 AD). The brocade had long been known for its beauty in ancient China. Later, the term came to be applied to a particular geometrical pattern, regardless of the origin of the fabric.
At Horyu-ji temple, Nara, Japan, there are preserved two kinds of Shokko Nishiki, designated as Important Cultural Assets, one with a floral design in squares and the other a geometric pattern, both on a red ground.
This piece is a reproduction of the Shokko Nishiki which is supposed to have been made in China in the 14th Century and handed down at a House of Maeda, a grand feudal lord in the Edo Period (1600-1868 AD). It is excused as warp-patterned brocade with a sophisticated color scheme.