Color / Yellow and Multi-color Care Instruction

Japanese name/ 薬玉 Kusudama

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In traditional Japanese culture “Kusudama” have been used since ancient times as an amulet to ward off negativity and protect one from harm.

Its name comes from a combination of two Japanese words “kusuri” which means medicine, and “tama” or “dama” which means ball.

This fragrant protective amulet is made using a selected blend of flowers, incense, and medicinal herbs shaped into a ball, then displayed with the sole purpose of welcoming in healing, purification, and wellness.

・Size 75 x 41 (inches)
・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Water Blue and White Care Instruction
Japanese name/ 花うさぎ ( Hana Usagi)

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Rabbits became a popular motif starting from the Momoyama period. A notable example is the "Hana Usagi Kinran" (Flower Rabbit Brocade), which was favored by the wealthy merchant Suminokura Ryoi. The flower pattern featured in this brocade is dome-shaped, and inside it, there is a rabbit looking back with its front legs slightly raised on a mound of earth known as tsukuri-do. The design surrounding the flower rabbit is called a chrysanthemum arabesque. This motif is regarded as a symbol of longevity, extended life, and the prosperity of descendants.

・Size 75 x 41 (inches)
・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Calm Green and Multi-color Care Instruction
Japanese name/ きのこ (Kinoko)

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The mushrooms are drawn in a graphic design style, like illustrations in printed matter. This trend of drawing mushrooms in this way began in the Taisho era but became more popular before and after the war. After the war, the motifs also moved away from traditional flowers and birds and became more Western-style motifs and modern expressions influenced by European textile design.　

・Size 75 x 41 (inches)
・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Black,Blue and Navy Care Instruction
Japanese name/ 曜変天目 (Yohen Tenmoku)

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Each is only 12 centimeters, less than 5 inches across, but inside is what seems to be “a galaxy aglow with stars”…

There are only three intact centuries-old Yohen Tenmoku tea bowls known to still exist in the world. The bowls are believed to have been produced at Jian-yao kiln in China’s Fujian province during the Song dynasty (1127-1279).

Although it wasn’t until the Muromachi era (1338-1573) when the custom of tea began to take root, they were brought back to Japan as a gift by a Japanese Zen monk who was receiving training at Tianmoku mountain, pronounced “Tenmoku” in Japanese, in China’s coastal Zhejiang province.

The Tenmoku type are black glazed bowls with the inside surface covered with iridescent patterns and lapis lazuli colored areas surrounded by lighter colors ranging from blue to bluish purple.

The meaning of “Yohen” describes the glistening pattern which transforms with light, and created while the bowls were being fired, the method in which this was done remains unknown, but it is thought to not be reproducible. The Yohen Tenmoku bowls are known as the highest grade of Tenmoku-ware, and considered to be the most precious pieces among black tea bowls produced at Jian kiln.

In recent years, fragments of Yohen Tenmoku were excavated in China from the site of the imperial guesthouse in Lin’an (Hangzhou) which used to be the southern capitol during the Song Dynasty; this discovery getting much attention world-wide.

At this time, one bowl is owned by Ryoko-in, a sub-temple of Daitokuji Temple in Kyoto, a second is owned by the Fujita Museum of Art in Osaka, and a third is owned by Seikado Bunko Art Museum in Tokyo; all three being designated by the Japanese government as Important National Treasures.

It is a great honor and brings us much joy for Pagong Kyoto to have been selected to replicate these ancient patterns of the Yohen Tenmoku by the Seikado Bunko Art Museum in Tokyo, to be admired and appreciated by art enthusiasts once more!

・Size 25.5 x 25.5 (inches)

・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Black and Multi-color Care Instruction
Japanese name/ 御所解 (Goshodoki)

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This palace-style pattern was popular among the ladies of the Kyoto Imperial Palace for their kosode short-sleeved kimonos during the mid to late Edo period. It is a type of landscape pattern that portrays stories from the imperial era, featuring elegant elements such as flowing water, flowers, and imperial carriages. This pattern eventually became known as the "Gosho-kai pattern" in the early Meiji period. It is said that the ladies-in-waiting to nobles and women working at the Imperial Palace would unpick and wear short-sleeved kimonos given to them by the ladies-in-waiting.

・Size 75 x 41 (inches)
・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Yellow, Brown and White Care Instruction
Japanese name/ カトレア

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・Size 75 x 41 (inches)
100% Wool
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)

Color / Yellow and Multi-color Care Instruction
Japanese name/ 辻が花 (Tsujigahana)

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The “tsujigahana” pattern first emerged in 15th century Japanese literature. It is described as being the oldest dyeing method from the Nara-era, the capital of Japan before Kyoto; and consists of making tiny stitches which are pulled within a pattern and then dyed. The patterned areas are distinctly made to look as though they are using torn pieces of paper.

In the form of luxurious kimono, tsujigahana was often further embellished with the addition of real gold leaf and embroidery.

In this cotton and linen scarf, Pagong has replicated the patterning of tsujigahana by using the method of Kyoto-Yuzen.

・75 x 20 (inches)
・Cotton 85% / Linen 15%
・Kyo-Yuzen (Kimono dyeing-process)
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean or Hand-wash gently.

Color / Black and White Care Instruction

Japanese name/ 乱菊 ( Rangiku )

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Starting from the late Taisho era (1912-1926), more modern and exuberant patterns became fashionable in Japan. This depiction of “dancing” chrysanthemums was made during Japan’s “Art Nouveau Movement”, and became a very popular design for those who wished to represent the fashion style of a new era.

Kiku, or chrysanthemums, were introduced to Japan from China in the Nara-era(710-794. In Japan, the chrysanthemum has become a symbol for the emperor and appears on the Japanese imperial seal.

In the language of flowers, the chrysanthemum carries the symbolic meaning of devoted love, loyalty, happiness, longevity, and joy.

・Size 43 x 42.5 (inches)

・100% Silk
・Made in Japan
・Dry-clean
・Currency : US Dollar (USD)