Heart
Design Keisuke Serizawa
- [Price]
- JPY1,000
- [Size]
- W.550 H.550mm
- [Material]
- Cotton
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Keisuke Serizawa
He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1895. He a Living National Treasure was a holder of “Kataezome”, an important intangible cultural heritage, and people around the world and in Japan appreciate him as a craftsman representing the 20th century. He had widely established new fields such as Kimono, bookbinding, calendar, signboard and lighting design.
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Miyai
The furoshiki were created during the Edo Period(1603-1867) when public baths became popular(furo means a bath in Japanese). The cloths are made of durable cotton and same of the most popular stitching patterns include geometrical sashiko, double-sided ryoumenzome, Isetatsu pattern designed after figured paper of the Edo Period and Keisuke Serizawa's powerful patterns among many ohters. The multipurpose cloths are popular even today.