Japanese assorted gift box
(1)Kare-sansui – Zen garden kit
This is a garden kit that lets you enjoy creating and decorating your own “Kare-sansui”.
Kare-sansui, dry landscape gardening expresses the flow of mountains, seas, islands and rivers using only sand and rocks.
After the Muromachi Period (15th century), “Zen” Buddhism and its arts spread throughout Japan.
Zen arts are expressed through the concept of “Wabi-Sabi”, which seeks “beauty within the simplicity and imperfection”.
Experience Wabi-Sabi with this Zen garden kit!
Calm your mind, decide on a theme, create an image in your head, and feel at peace.
Kare-sansui is abstract expression. One cannot explain directly what its creator intended to express.
(2)Ayanami – Two sets of traditional sandalwood cups with matching spoons
These sandalwood cups, painted with a unique Japanese lacquer, are decorated with original designs.
This method uses silver lacquer or silver foil to highlight the patterns of the designs, skillfully employing the delicacy unique to Japanese lacquer.
These designs, with their calm atmosphere and shimmering impression, fit nicely into our modern lifestyle.
The sandalwood coating, with the image of waves, has a novel design that leaves a delicate and fashionable impression.
The manufacturer, Isuke Shoten, was founded 190 years ago in Kyoto as a company specializing in Japanese lacquer.
(3)Yojiya – Facial oil blotting paper
Facial oil blotting paper is a skincare item that removes excess sebum from the surface of the skin.
Originally, this was developed from the paper used to make gold leaf.
Lately “Maiko” (apprentice “Geisya”) started using it to remove sebum, and this skincare item ,called "oil blotting paper", spread throughout Japan.
It was first put on sale in the 1920s. It has a high reputation among not only Maiko, but in the world of Japanese stage and screen.
With this gold-leaf hand mirror and attractive drawstring bag, it has a special Japanese elegance.
(4)Kyo Furoshiki - Japanese wrapping cloth
A “furoshiki” is a traditional Japanese cloth used for wrapping and carrying clothes, gifts or other goods.
[Size]
680 x 680mm (27 x 27 in)
[Material]
“Chirimen” (100% rayon)