# Polka dots

水玉 mizutama

![Polka dots](https://www.furoshiki.com/swatches/mizutama.svg)

Round dots spaced evenly like drops of water; cheerful and fresh, a summer word in Japanese yet worn in any season.

Round dot pattern; the word mizutama (water drop) is old, the polka-dot fashion arrived from Europe

Mizutama first meant a drop of water, and Edo-period Echizen washi already had a 'mizutama' sheet with drop-like spots. The evenly spaced dot fabric known in English as polka dot spread in Europe in the 1840s with the polka craze.

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Source: https://www.furoshiki.com/patterns/mizutama/