The material is the comfortable 100% cotton of traditional Japanese towels. The design has some connection with the Bunraku puppet world, which is a World Heritage.
The writing and drawing, and the dyeing called Chusenzome, are all done manually by veteran craftspeople in Osaka.

This Kanteiryu good-luck kanji is written by the person who has long been engaged in the writing of Banzuke-hyo, the performers’ names and the titles of the performances of the programs, for the National Bunraku Theatre in Osaka.

The Chusenzome dyeing method, which was first used in Osaka, is more than a century old. It includes the making of the stencil and the starch-glue resist (the substance which resists the dye), the pouring of the dye onto the layer of the cloth (one time 50 pieces), and letting the dye seep down through gravity or suction. It requires delicate skills achieved only through many years of experience of the craftspeople.
After the silkscreen printing method was introduced, this traditional dyeing work has been done only at small-sized workshops of craftspeople and the number of these workshops is decreasing.
Since machines are not used at any stage of the dyeing, a hundred bandannas take at least two weeks to make ? really slow and gentle goods.

The material, the traditional Japanese cotton of this width, is also becoming more and more difficult to secure these days.
This is a bandanna and an art piece that cannot be found elsewhere and features the combination of Kanteiryu kanji characters, Chusenzome, and the Japanese cotton with this width.

Their comfortable feel will inspire you to use them as bandannas, headrest covers, pillowcases, etc.
You will see the same beautiful color on both sides of the cloth.
They will also be nice for you to see in your rooms, as a tablecloth, as a piece of wall decoration, or as large size cushion covers.
I sincerely hope you will find this very interesting and enjoy the comfort of the Japanese cotton with happy, lucky feelings!!

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Setsuko Kambayashi