Flowing water

流水 ryūsui

Flowing water

Purity and renewal; water that washes away hardship; one of the key auspicious motifs

Ancient Japan (S-line precursors on Yayoi pottery; 7th-century Tachibana shrine at Hōryūji); widespread on Edo-period kosode

One of Japan's oldest designs (S-line precursors on Yayoi pottery, on the 7th-c. Tachibana shrine at Hōryūji); in the Edo period it ran through kosode as a background linking landscapes, bridges and flowers.

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.