Old cloth for the Chinese zodiac, the Ox. Old cloth for the Chinese zodiac, Shoba weave, pure silk, Indo Tengyu Mon Shoba, made by Kitamura Tokusai.

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Size: Approx. 15.8 x 15.2 cm
Material: Pure silk (100% silk)
Author: Tokusai Kitamura
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●The pattern will change depending on where the fabric is taken from.

What is Indo Tengyu Mon Shouha?
The Ox is the second of the twelve zodiac animals and has been an important part of human life since ancient times, helping with farming.
In Japan, he is also devoutly revered as a messenger of Tenjin-sama.
Cows are also often seen in chintz patterns, which are native to India.
The design used as hangings in palaces and temples is expressed in the stepped pattern of Shoha weaving.
Where will the cows leisurely gazing up at the sun and moon lead us?
This year too, the Ox's ball is pulled from the lucky direction. Basho

What is Shohaori?
The fabric that Nomura Shoha loved to use is called "Shoha" weaving. It is similar to Tsuzure weaving, and is woven in such a way that the weft threads wrap around the warp threads, and the pattern design and color scheme are woven only by the weft threads. Therefore, it has excellent flexibility and elasticity, and as a fabric it is thin, light, and does not easily lose its shape.
There is a tea ceremony using Shobaori fabric.
When Rikyu set out for the Odawara campaign, the dimensions of the cloth wrapped in a natsume tea caddy that his wife Munen sent him were made uniform.
The cloth was put into use thanks to the ingenuity of Rikyu's disciple, Shiose Somi.
The act of handling a fukusa refers to the act of folding tea utensils in order to wipe them clean, and there are three ways of handling it, Shingyosou, depending on how the utensil is being handled.

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[Omotesenke Style] How to fold a fukusa
- Place the seamless "wasa" on your left and grasp the top two corners of the fukusa with your index finger and thumb, spreading it out.
- Place your hands together and fold it in half towards you (with the crease facing you).
[Urasenke Style] How to fold a fukusa
- Place the seamless "wasa" to your right and grasp the top corners of the fukusa with your index finger and thumb and spread it out.
- Bring your hands together and fold it in half towards you (with the crease facing you).
[Mushanokoji Senke-ryu] Kankyuan: How to fold a fukusa
- Place the seamless "wasa" to your right and grasp the top corners of the fukusa with your index finger and thumb and spread it out.
- Place your hands together and fold them in half towards you.

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