Fukusa (Silk Cloth) ‘Tokuyu’ Purple – Kitamura Tokusai
$96
This ‘Tokuyu Fukusa’ is made by historic textile craft store Kitamura Tokusai in Kyoto. Kitamura Tokusai has over 300 years of history producing textiles for Chanoyu (The Way Of Tea), or Japanese Tea Ceremony.
The Fukusa is a specialised cloth made of pure silk used in the ritual of tea ceremony to purify utensils and rest them upon. Those made by Kitamura Tokusai are of the finest quality silk, and are all carefully hand sewn.
We are proud to offer a range of these beautiful artisanal textiles from one of Japan’s most renowned producers.
We offer this Purple colour in 3 weights/thicknesses:
Tokuyu (40g of pure silk)
Size (Approx): 280mm x 270mm
2 in stock
Anonymous –
A beautiful and functional addition to tea ceremony. Intending for use handling hot kettle and teapot lids, purifying and resting other teaware. Wanted the purple cloth as this is the colour usually used by men.
Alexandre C. –