Gauze Handkerchief／Yogen no tori (Black)

Yogen no tori embroidered on a soft double gauze handkerchief. Yogen no tori is one of a few prophetic Yokais. It looks like a two headed crow which one of their heads is white. Legend tell that in 1858 during a cholera pandemic. A man name Kizaemon, who was the owner of Ichikawa village (now Yamanashi city). Reported of Yogen no tori in a disease epidemic diary. The script went on saying that the strange bird Yokai stated, that only people who gazed on it image day and night will be speared from the awful disease.

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■Product

Size /35cm ｘ 35cm

Material / 100% Cotton, Embroidery thread: 100% Rayon

Made in Japan

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■Attention

Wash with dark colors, due to friction color may discolored or transfer in the first couple of washes.