Yoroidan Boushi Shibori Tenugui

**If you are interested in a sold out tenugui, please email staff@yoshikowada.com to request a notification when it will be in stock. Production and delivery of certain tenugui can take up to one  month from Arimatsu, Japan.   Stitched & bound-resist in horizontal band pattern Technique: Boushi Shibori - Capped motif binding thread resist.  Process illustrations are from the book “Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing”  by Wada, Rice, and Barton. (c)1983 Pattern: Yoroidan -  Stripes (literally “great armor”), derived from yoroi or  Ō-yoroi, a type of plated samurai armor from feudal Japan. ' Ō-yoroi were visually recognizable from the horizontally striped pattern created by plated scales laced horizontally over an armor plate. The stripe design and colors of the scales often represented a samurai’s rank and clan. Color: Indigo/White Approximately 1m x 35cm (39in x 13in) 100% Cotton Handmade in Arimatsu, Japan Tenugui are scarf-size, all-purpose towels mad