Landscape

絵画風 kaiga-fū

Landscape

The whole furoshiki carries one picture, such as a landscape, like a painting. It shows best opened out or on a wrap with one large flat face.

20th century, Kyoto furoshiki makers

Picture furoshiki that carry one painting over the whole surface developed once furoshiki were given and displayed as gifts and their beauty spread out, not only wrapped, began to matter. The Kyoto wholesaler Miyai (founded 1901) began commissioning painters, starting with Dōmoto Inshō's four-seasons designs, and later Yamaguchi Hōshun, Fukuda Heihachirō, Munakata Shikō and Higashiyama Kaii designed furoshiki.

Technique catalog · draft for review

Every way to wrap, carry and wear a furoshiki.

The furoshiki.com archive, sliced into annotated steps with plain directions, plus techniques found in research.