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Elemense Incense - Tetsukon, 40 pc.
$ 40.00
For those looking for inspiration or inner peace, a moment of quiet can make a world of difference. Elemense incense infuses the air with aromatic spirits that draw your senses into the transcendent world of contemplation. Notes of agarwood, bergamot, lavender, and violet provide a soothing atmosphere that awakens clarity and determination. Watch as the incense smoke coils and extends around you. Listen to the quiet fall of ash as time slowly burns through the stick. Feel the fragrance gently enveloping you, transporting you into another world.
Elemense incense sticks are thicker width than normal Japanese incense, bringing an intense scent reminiscent of palo santo. Each box contains 40 sticks of incense packed in a wooden tray with a specially designed metal burner.
About Elemense
Written by a Japanese monk over 600 years ago, “The Ten Virtues of Koh” detailed the benefits and properties of Koh-do, the refined art of incense. Elemense’s incense collection takes its inspiration from this storied tradition with three fragrances designed to cultivate serenity and inner peace through scent. This collection uses Japanese scents traditionally associated with relaxation, such as hinoki, and oakmoss, to cultivate an environment for meditation, prayer, and contemplation.
Materials: Agarwood, Bergamot, Lavender, and Violet.
Dimensions: Length: 6.75” Width: 2.5”
How to Use: Light the tip of the incense and blow out the flame immediately. Keep away from flammable objects.
Tokyo, Japan
Elemense Incense - Suou, 40 pc.
$ 40.00
For those looking for inspiration or inner peace, a moment of quiet can make a world of difference. Elemense incense infuses the air with aromatic spirits that draw your senses into the transcendent world of contemplation. Watch as the incense smoke coils and extends around you. Listen to the quiet fall of ash as time slowly burns through the stick. Feel the fragrance gently enveloping you, transporting you into another world. The Japanese characters for Suou, 蘇枋, can be interpreted as “raft of resuscitation”. Notes of sandalwood, oakmoss, amber and muguet awaken feelings of appreciation, gratitude, and contentment.
Elemense incense sticks are thicker width than normal Japanese incense, bringing an intense scent reminiscent of palo santo. Each box contains 40 sticks of incense packed in a wooden tray with a specially designed metal burner.
About Elemense
Written by a Japanese monk over 600 years ago, “The Ten Virtues of Koh” detailed the benefits and properties of Koh-do, the refined art of incense. Elemense’s incense collection takes its inspiration from this storied tradition with three fragrances designed to cultivate serenity and inner peace through scent. This collection uses Japanese scents traditionally associated with relaxation, such as hinoki, and oakmoss, to cultivate an environment for meditation, prayer, and contemplation.
Materials: Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Amber, Muguet
Dimensions: Length: 6.75” Width: 2.5”
How to Use: Light the tip of the incense and blow out the flame immediately. Keep away from flammable objects.
Tokyo, Japan
Wave Incense Holder
$ 43.00
Create a meditative atmosphere with this elegant incense holder, forged from cast iron to perfume the home and soothe the mind. A geometric lid, fashioned into the traditional Japanese seigaiha wave pattern, closes over your favorite aromatic incense cones.
About Iwachu
A master maker of tetsubin iron teapots since 1902, Iwachu is known as one of the best cast iron craftsmen in the world. The artistry of each piece is rooted in its traditional craftsmanship: led by generations of ironsmiths, their workshop produces beautiful, long-lasting ironware with a human touch.
Materials: Cast Iron
Dimensions: Height: 6.7" Diameter: 4.2"
Care: Cast Iron
Morioka, Japan
Yuki Incense Holder
$ 43.00
Create a meditative atmosphere with this elegant incense holder, forged from white cast iron to perfume the home and soothe the mind. A geometric arabesque lid closes over your favorite aromatic incense cones, imbuing the home with the warm scent of mystery.
About Iwachu
A master maker of tetsubin iron teapots since 1902, Iwachu is widely recognized as one of the best cast-iron craftsmen in the world. The artistry of each piece is rooted in its traditional craftsmanship: led by generations of ironsmiths, their workshop produces beautiful, long-lasting ironware with a human touch.
Materials: Cast Iron
Dimensions: Height: 6.7" Diameter: 4.2"
Care: Cast Iron
Morioka, Japan
Turtle Incense Holder
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With its significant heft, this cast iron turtle incense holder brings a sturdy, charming accent to any surface. Seven hexagonal holes decorate the top of its removable shell. Inside you'll find a small ceramic ring to keep incense in place.
Nambu Tekki is a traditional Japanese iron casting technique that dates back to the early 17th century in Northern Japan, an area rich in iron.
Materials: cast iron
Dimensions: Height: 2" Diameter: 4:
Takaoka, Japan
Cultivate & Eat Planting Set - Hawk Claw Chilli Pepper
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Hawk Claw, or takanotsume, is a small, intensely hot Japanese chili pepper shaped like a hawk’s curved talons. With a sharp bite reminiscent of tabasco, you can use it to top off hot udon noodles or spice up stir-fries and curries. This ingenious cultivation kit includes seeds, peat mix, and growing instructions, all packaged up and tied in the style of a traditional Japanese rice bag.
About Cultivate + Eat
When we grow our own food, we become more attuned to our ecosystem, strengthening the relationship between our food, our earth, and our bodies. Cultivate + Eat is an effort to get involved in every step of our meal, starting from the very beginning. Their kits contain rare Japanese seeds you can grow right at home to make delicious Japanese dishes. Just add water directly into the paper bag (it is lined with plastic to prevent decay) and begin to grow your own greens, transplanting to a larger pot when ready.
Materials: Paper bag lined with plastic. Set contains: Hawk Claw Seeds, Peat Mix, Set of Instructions
Dimensions: Length: 5.5" Width: 3.4”
Care: Add water directly into the paper bag, transplanting to a larger pot when ready.
Made in Japan
Tanaka Wall Vase - Round
$ 300.00
Sometimes the most beautiful flower arrangements are the most minimal. Handmade by Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaka, this artful wall vase combines nature and artistry in a delicate circle that mirrors the cycle of life. Add a sprig of flowers or a lone branch - the beauty is in the details.
Features a back crevice for easy hanging.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Takana creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Height/ Diameter: 8 ½” Width: ½”
Saitama, Japan
Tanaka Four Vase
$ 675.00
Inspired by agricultural tools and instruments, artist Keiichi Tanaka imagines radical approaches to ikebana in his series of abstract ceramic vases. Singular sprigs of flowers peek out from the four ends of the vase, illustrating the relationship between nature and artistry like leaves sprouting through concrete. Tanaka here casts the simple vase as an art object: with flowers, it positions the natural world within our modernist society; without flowers it stands alone as a work of art to be displayed year-round.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Tanaka creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Length: 11" Height: 8 1/2" Width: 5 1/2"
Saitama, Japan
Tanaka Wall Vase - Long
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Sometimes the most beautiful works of art are the simplest. Handmade by Keiichi Tanaka, this rectangular, bridge-like vase holds just a few sprigs of flowers. Set it up on the wall and watch while the afternoon sun casts a shadow of its legs over the wall.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Takana creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic, contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Length: 6” Width: 1”
Saitama, Japan
Tanaka Contrast Bowl
$ 490.00
The Tanaka Contrast Bowl is inspired by the Japanese tradition of kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with a special lacquer. Beautiful seams of plutonium color highlight the fractures and breaks in this handmade bowl instead of hiding or disguising them, giving a sense of history and life (with all its imperfections) to an otherwise perfect piece.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Tanaka creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Diameter: 8 1/2" Height: 4 1/2"
Care: Rinse with water and a mild soap, and dry immediately after. Not dishwasher safe.
Saitama, Japan
Torigoe Woven Bamboo Tote
$ 175.00
From the tiny village of Torigoe, this hand-woven basket tote is made from sturdy suzutake, a variety of bamboo native to Japan. Roomy enough to hold picnic essentials and sturdy enough to hold its shape, the Torigoe tote is a beautifully constructed bag that reinvents the rural craft traditions of Japan.
Torigoe bamboo works are made by splitting each stalk of bamboo into quarters and then shaving them into strips. These strips are then knit together in a cross-hatch pattern that gives the baskets a weightless strength. Today the torigoe weaving tradition is upheld by specialist weavers, whose disciplined artistry keeps the craft alive and growing
Materials: bambooDimensions: Height: 11" Width: 3½" Length: 11"
Iwate, Japan
Sashiko Embroidered Coaster
$ 7.00
This special coaster is the result of a collaboration between artist Toshiyuki Fukuda and sashiko embroidery artisan Kenichi Ohazama. Using traditional sashiko embroidery with near-mathematical precision, each coaster features geometric patterns that combine twenty-first century graphics with Japanese folk art motifs. The sturdy textile is made from 100% cotton woven into a strong quilted jacquard weave that easily washes away spills. Each Sashiko coaster is individually cut from a larger textile, making each pattern slightly different from the others.
About Sashiko Embroidery
Sashiko, which translates to “little stabs” in Japanese, is a hand-sewing technique that originated in ancient Japan. Sashiko stitches were traditionally used to decorate and repair homespun peasant clothes in times where resources were scarce. Using geometric patterns with common motifs like waves, mountains, bamboos, or overlapping diamonds, sashiko combined decoration with reparation, with its resulting beauty demanding to know: why just mend and make do when you can mend and make better?
Materials: 100% cotton
Dimensions: Height: 4” Width: 4”
Care: Machine wash in cold water with similar colors and gentle detergent.
Fukushima, Japan
Sasawashi Buckwheat Lounging Pillow
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Natural and refreshing, this little pillow is the perfect firmness for traveling, napping or lounging. The innovative Sasawashi fabric in this lounging pillow retains twice the absorbency of cotton, keeping you fresh and comfortable in any season. The Sasawashi Lounge Pillow is filled with buckwheat husks, believed to be the perfect material for pillows in Japan's hot and humid climate. The husks are boiled and soaked in Kumazasa extract, heightening the pillow's natural deodorizing properties. No chemicals are used in the production of this pillow, making it gentle to the skin and kind to the environment.
Includes a removable cover.
Please note - This product is made to order. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. If you have any questions, please email us at info@rikumo.com.
About Sasawashi
Sasawashi was founded as a reaction to the wastefulness and ephemeral lifespan of the textile industry. Made from absorbent washi (Japanese paper) threads infused with antibacterial Kumazasa plant fibers, this innovative fabric contains natural deodorizing properties that prevent mildew growth and fiber deterioration. From room shoes to scrub towels, every piece in the Sasawashi collection stays true to its founding principles: comfort, longevity, and simplicity.
Materials: Pillow case: 100% Sasawashi fabric. Insert: 100% cotton. Filling: buckwheat and kumazasa
Dimensions: Height: 3¾" Width: 7” Length: 12½”
Osaka, Japan
Tanaka Turquoise Vase - Short
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This beautiful bud vase is handmade by artist Keiichi Tanaka. Bathed in a vibrant turquoise blue, this simple vessel echoes the bright optimism of ancient Egyptian and Turkish pottery.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Tanaka creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Height: 3.7" Diameter: 2.9"
Saitama, Japan
Tanaka Turquoise Vase - Tall
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This beautiful bud vase is handmade by artist Keiichi Tanaka. Bathed in a vibrant turquoise blue, this simple vessel echoes the bright optimism of ancient Egyptian and Turkish pottery.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Tanaka creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Height: 5 1/2" Diameter: 2”
Saitama, Japan
Saito Wooden Wastebasket
$ 96.00
Sleek and elegant, this minimalist wooden wastebasket is ideal for an office or a relaxing bathroom. The handsome Saito bin takes after mid-century modern principles in its simple design and precision; set it in any room that needs a little tidying up.
About Saito
Saito Sawmill was founded in 1950, making furniture, screen doors, and baseball bats to order. These days the famed mill specializes making home decor from plywood for clients around the world. Saito has become internationally recognized for the technical skill of their woodworkers and their careful attention to detail, with each piece holding an innate quality as unique as the rings on a piece of wood.
Materials: Natural Plywood
Dimensions: Height: 12" Diameter: 10"
Niigata, Japan
Tanaka Three Vase
$ 675.00
Inspired by agricultural tools and instruments, artist Keiichi Tanaka imagines radical approaches to ikebana in his series of abstract ceramic vases. Singular sprigs of flowers peek out from the three ends of the vase, illustrating the relationship between nature and artistry like leaves sprouting through concrete. Tanaka here casts the simple vase as an art object: With flowers, it positions the natural world within our modernist society; without flowers it stands alone as a work of art to be displayed year-round.
About Keiichi Tanaka
Keiichi Tanaka’s work spans from a lifelong fascination with the beauty of functional objects. Inspired by the visual poetry of agricultural tools and instruments, Takana creates softly textured glazes and unexpected shapes for otherwise common-use objects. His rustic,contemporary pieces clash with archaic shapes to invoke an atmosphere of "time accumulation": hazy, textured objects that could be remnants of a long-ago past or a not-so-distant future. Tanaka has exhibited widely throughout Japan and Europe, and currently lives in Saitama, Japan.
Materials: Clay
Dimensions: Length: 11" Height: 8 1/2" Width: 5 1/2"
Saitama, Japan
Japonica Room Spray
$ 40.00
What is the first thing you think of when you envision the color green? What scents come to mind when you picture a blue ocean? The Japonica Colors Collection is designed to bring the spirit and essence of traditional Japanese colors to life through the senses. This exclusive small-batch fragrance collection uses the finest Japanese scents like ylang ylang, bright ginger, and therapeutic hinoki to compose a unique fragrance profile. Each oil is extracted and hand-blended in their purest form in the Aoiro atelier, where their fragrance experts have been making refined scents for over a decade.
Yanagi Iro- Color of Serenity
Yanagi Iro is a bright, citrusy blend with notes of ylang ylang, ginger, grapefruit, saro, west Indian sandalwood, and the bitter orange tree Petitgrain. Balancing, lively, and harmonious, this fragrance is inspired by the bright green color of Japanese willow leaves.
Sora Iro- Color of Verve
Sora Iro was inspired by the traditional Japanese clear blue color of the sky. Refreshing forest notes of blue cypress, lime, nana mint, mix with woodsy notes of eucalyptus, siam wood and hinoki for an invigorating room fragrance that brings the outdoors into the home.
Kohaku Iro- Color of Infinity
The name Kohaku Iro comes from the traditional Japanese color of golden amber. A deeply contemplative and meditative fragrance, this sophisticated blend holds spicy wooden notes of katafray, turmeric, jasmine, nutmeg, mandarin, and wild thyme.
Dadai Iro- Color of Delight
Dadai Iro derives from the rich orange color of a bitter citrus. With notes of cedarwood, ho wood, mandarin and turmeric, this aromatic blend brings an uplifting and joyous atmosphere to any room.
About Aorio
Aoiro is an international olfactory design studio based in Berlin and Tokyo, and founded by the Japanese–Austrian duo Shizuko Yoshikuni and Manuel Kuschnig. Aoiro’s “Listening to the Scent” concept is inspired by the olfactory philosophy of kohdo, the Japanese classical art & ceremony of appreciating a subtle and exquisite fragrance. Aoiro harnesses the therapeutic qualities of natural botanical essences by blending fragrances that uplift the spirits as well as the atmosphere. Following this careful Japanese philosophy and their remarkable repertoire of rare botanical essences, Aoiro crafts refined scents that speak their own stories.
Materials: Various essential oils.
Volume: 1.7oz
Made in Germany
Japonica Wooden Aroma Diffuser with Fragrance
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The Japonica Colors Collection is designed to bring the spirit and essence of traditional Japanese colors to life through the senses. The name Kohaku Iro comes from the traditional Japanese color of golden amber. A deeply contemplative and meditative fragrance, this sophisticated blend holds spicy wooden notes of katafray, turmeric, jasmine, nutmeg, mandarin, and wild thyme. Each oil is extracted and hand-blended in their purest form in the Aoiro atelier, where their fragrance experts have been making refined scents for over a decade.
This combination essential oil and diffuser includes a detachable natural wooden diffuser that absorbs and slowly releases a subtle aroma. Because it doesn’t require an open flame, this diffuser is safe to use in any part of your home.
About Aoiro
Aoiro is an international olfactory design studio based in Berlin and Tokyo and founded by the Japanese–Austrian duo Shizuko Yoshikuni and Manuel Kuschnig. Aoiro’s “Listening to the Scent” concept is inspired by the olfactory philosophy of kohdo, the Japanese classical art & ceremony of appreciating a subtle and exquisite fragrance. Aoiro harnesses the therapeutic qualities of natural botanical essences by blending fragrances that uplift the spirits as well as the atmosphere. Following this careful Japanese philosophy and their remarkable repertoire of rare botanical essences, Aoiro crafts refined scents that speak their own stories.
Ingredients: Blend of kaftrafray, kurkuma, jasmin, muskat, mandarin, and wild thyme essential oils
Volume: 1oz
Made in Germany
Sashiko Embroidered Cushion Cover
$ 84.00
This beautiful cushion cover is the result of a collaboration between artist Toshiyuki Fukuda and sashiko embroidery artisan Kenichi Ohazama. Using traditional sashiko embroidery with near-mathematical precision, each cover features geometric patterns that combine twenty-first century graphics with Japanese folk art motifs.. Each Sashiko Cushion Cover is individually cut from a larger 100% cotton textile, making each pattern slightly different from the others.
About Sashiko Embroidery
Sashiko, which translates to “little stabs” in Japanese, is a hand-sewing technique that originated in ancient Japan. Sashiko stitches were traditionally used to decorate and repair homespun peasant clothes in times where resources were scarce. Using geometric patterns with common motifs like waves, mountains, bamboos, or overlapping diamonds, sashiko combined decoration with reparation. Its spellbinding beauty asks: why just mend and make do when you can mend and make better?
Materials: 100% Cotton
Dimensions: Length: 17 ½” Width: 17 ½”
Care: Machine wash in cold water with similar colors and gentle detergent.
Fukushima, Japan
Sousou Zabuton Cushion
$ 46.00
This stylish take on the traditional zabuton cushion is the result of a partnership between textile brand Sou Sou and futon makers Daitou Shingu. Traditionally found in tatami rooms, zabuton cushions make sitting on the floor comfortable and also look great on your couch as an accent pillow.
About Sou Sou
Each piece in this colorful collection is infused with vibrant graphic patterns designed by Japanese artist Katsuji Wakisaka. With a mission to revitalize traditional Japanese styles, his modern designs combine contemporary patterns with traditional Japanese shapes.
About Daitou Shingu
Established in 1925 as a Japanese futon maker, Daitou Shingu has a singular goal of providing the most comfortable sleep experience possible. Every item in the collection is made by hand using traditional Japanese techniques, natural dyes, and absolutely no bleaching or chemical processing.
*Note: Due to the size/weight of this item, it is not eligible for free shipping. Please contact info@rikumo.com if you have any questions.
Materials: Outer: 100% Cotton; Inner: 70% Cotton, 30% Polyester
Dimensions: Length: 16” Width:15.75”
Care: Spot clean surface stains with mild detergent
Kyoto, Japan
Sousou Zabuton Cushion, Large
$ 85.00
This stylish take on the traditional zabuton cushion is the result of a partnership between textile brand Sou Sou and futon makers Daitou Shingu. Traditionally found in tatami rooms, these large zabuton cushions let you sit comfortably on the floor, meditate, or gather around the table for dinner.
About Sou Sou
Each piece in this colorful collection is infused with vibrant graphic patterns designed by Japanese artist Katsuji Wakisaka. With a mission to revitalize traditional Japanese styles, his modern designs combine contemporary patterns with traditional Japanese shapes.
About Daitou Shingu
Established in 1925 as a Japanese futon maker, Daitou Shingu has a singular goal of providing the most comfortable sleep experience possible. Every item in the collection is made by hand using traditional Japanese techniques, natural dyes, and absolutely no bleaching or chemical processing.
*Note: Due to the size/weight of this item, it is not eligible for free shipping. Please contact info@rikumo.com if you have any questions.
Materials: Outer: 100% Cotton; Inner: 70% Cotton, 30% Polyester
Dimensions: Length: 22" Width: 23"
Care: Spot clean surface stains with mild detergent
Kyoto, Japan
Chenille Zaisu Floor Chair
$ 280.00
When sitting on the floor is the norm, you may as well be comfortable. A type of legless lounging chair traditionally used in tatami rooms, zaisu floor chairs have been staples in Japanese houses for generations. This luxurious chenille version reimagines the iconic Japanese chair into a contemporary zaisu for the modern home. Completely handmade by historic futon-maker Daitou Shingu, each chair is made to order in your choice of 9 colors. Cover is removable for easy washing.
Please note - This product is made to order. Please specify the color fabric that you would like from the swatch image and allow 4-5 weeks for delivery. If you have any questions, please email us at info@rikumo.com.
About Daitou Shingu
Established in 1925 as a Japanese futon maker, Daitou Shingu has a singular goal of providing the most comfortable sleep experience possible. Every item in the collection is made by hand using traditional Japanese techniques, natural dyes, and absolutely no bleaching or chemical processing.
*Note: Due to the size/weight of this item, it is not eligible for free shipping. Please contact info@rikumo.com if you have any questions.
Materials: Cotton, Polyester Bead Filling
Dimensions: Regular: Height: 27" Width: 34" Length: 27", Mini: Height: 17" Width: 17" Length: 17"
Care: Remove cover and wash by hand in cold water with mild detergent. Wring out excess water and line dry.
Kyoto, Japan
Paulownia Tissue Box
$ 56.00
This elegant tissue box finds refinement in the most unexpected places. Made from weightless paulownia wood, which has a beautiful grey tinge and a soothingly smooth texture. lts elongated form features a sliding panel at the base to store a standard-size tissue box.
About Paulownia Wood
It was once customary within wealthy families to plant a paulownia tree when a baby girl was born. The fast-growing tree would mature as the girl did, so that when she reached the age of marriage it could be cut and made into wooden articles for her dowry. On her marriage day, the parents would present her with a chest of paulownia wood carved from her tree, to store kimono and other fine garments. Because kimono needs to be stored in high-quality wood to preserve the delicate silks, paulownia wood became a popular material for marriage chests and traditional tansu stacking cabinets.
Materials: Paulownia Wood
Dimensions: Length: 10 ¾” Width: 5 ¾” Height: 3 ¼”
Tokyo, Japan
