SAN-IN TSUTSUGAKI YU-AGE
山陰筒描き湯上げ ・ 鶴亀松竹梅

HAND-DRAWN RICE PASTE RESISTED
HOMESPUN, HANDWOVEN COTTON
DYED IN BOTANICAL INDIGO AND SAFFLOWER
LATE 19C/EARLY 20C


Yu-age were used in the San-in region
to dry infants after they had been bathed.
Their eyes were dabbed with the benibana corner,
in the belief that safflower would prevent illness.


SANIN TSUTSUGAKI YUAGE ・ 山陰筒描湯上げ

SANIN TSUTSUGAKI YUAGE ・ 山陰筒描湯上げ

SANIN TSUTSUGAKI YUAGE ・ 山陰筒描湯上げ