Jōdo Yakusugi Cedar Wood Juzu Prayer beads

Japanese Yakusugi Cedar Wood Jodo Shu style Juzu Prayer beads

Material : Yakusugi Cedar , Silk
Diameter : about 9cm (not elastic)
Head bead : about 16mm
Main beads : about 12mm
Tassels : Hana Bonten tassels ( Brown )

Handmade in Kyoto, Japan

This Juzu is a Jodo-shu’s formal style one.

※Yakusugi (屋久杉) refers to "Japanese cedar" (sugi, or Cryptomeria) on the island of Yakushima, typically growing at altitudes 500 meters and higher. The term also extends to the lumber taken from the logging of these coniferous trees.
And this wood beads have tender fragrance which can relax people who wear this bracelet and ease their heart.

In Japan, Buddhists have Prayer beads (Juzu, Nenju). Kyoto is famous as a producing center of Prayer beads.

Prayer beads are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited, breaths while meditating, counting prostrations, or the repetitions of a buddha's name.

※ The color may differ from the actual one depending on the coloration condition of the monitor.

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