Furoshiki - #Japanese Fabric Wrapping

15 Video Views·Oct 15, 2023

A museum in Kyoto, Japan, had a small desk for us to have a go at wrapping objects with 風呂敷 furoshiki! Life before "plastics", people were so wise.

Much more information on furoshiki is here: https://www.invaluable.com/blog/furoshiki/#:~:text=It%20was%20primarily%20used%20to%20wrap%20important%20goods,Muromachi%20period%2C%20which%20lasted%20from%201136%20to%201573.

Credit: Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design 京都伝統産業ミュージアム
https://kmtc.jp/display/exhibition-2/

Photo Credit: katorisi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons