Cotton Tenugui Hand Towel - Ukiyo-e Katsushika Hokusai 3 Patterns

Japanese Traditional Fabric Washcloth Hand Towel

Material : Cotton 100%
Size : 35cmx90cm
Pattern : Ukiyo-e. Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Artists produced woodblock prints and paintings which subjects were manily female beauties, kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes, flora and fauna, erotica. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as "picture of the floating world".

Katsushika Hokusai : was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景 Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally iconic print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

A Tenugui is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. Tenugui has been a part of Japanese daily life for a long time. It can be used for anything - as a washcloth, dishcloth, headband, souvenir, decoration, or for wrapping items such as bottles. Most of Tenugui's edge are not sewed, because the Tenugui will dry out quicker and it helps to keep the Tenugui clean.

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