tenugui

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Tenugui with basho short prose from the Oku-no hosomichiand a haiku おくのほそ道につぃての手ぬぐい

Tenugui are everyday objects and souvenirs with a regional reference. They are offered in many places, especially in the onsen spring towns, and their design is often characterised by references to local traditions and events. In this case to the poet 松尾芭蕉 Matsuo Bashô, who undertook a "north country journey" through Japan at the end of the 17th century and described stations of his journey in diary form. The inscriptions refer to this: on the right, a text from the 5th part of his travel notes entitled おくのほそ道 (Oku-no hosomichi ), in the centre a haiku short poem with the name "Bashô" at the end. At the bottom left, surrounded by a circle like a seal, 2 lines:平泉 中尊寺 , the name of the place and temple: Hiraizumi Chûson-ji. (Siegmar Nahser 2008).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Towel (souvenir)
Dimensions
Breite: 33,5 cm
Länge: 84,5 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I D 45535

Provenance and sources

when
Shôwa period, 1963
where
Japan [Land]
Iwate-ken (岩手県) [Präfektur]
Hiraizumi-shi (平泉市) [Stadt]
Chûzen-ji (中尊寺) [Tempel]

who
Walther Heissig (1913-12-05 - 2005-09-05) - Collectors

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