Tortoise

亀 kame

Tortoise

Longevity: "the crane lives a thousand years, the tortoise ten thousand".

China and Japanese folk tales

Paired with the crane as the classic longevity couple; tortoises symbolise long life in folk tales.

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.