Tenugui with Hiroshige's 'Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine' (483)

Bridge in Summer.
This Tenugui cloth from Rienzome features a motif from the "100 famous views of Edo" woodprints from Hiroshige: Inside Kameido Tenjin Shrine. The pictures portrays the Drum bridge and garden at Kameido Tenjin Shrine, and features flowering wisteria flowers, indicating the summer season.

"Tenugui" is often translated as "Japanese towel", but this translation fails to cover their versatility and cultural significance. Tenugui are not only used as hand towels and handkerchiefs, but also function as fashion items, gift wrapping, souvenirs, sweat bands and padding (e.g. in the martial arts kendo), and of course as decorative items due to their often beautiful, funny or nostalgic patterns.

Please be aware that tenugui cloth by default never are hemmed, which allows them to dry very quickly.