48cm Furoshiki Choju-jinbutsugiga Blue

48cm Furoshiki Choju-jinbutsuga Blue

鳥獣人物戯画 Choju-jinbutsugiga is an old picture scroll of a paper book drown sumi-e (black ink painting).  It is a national treasure and preserved at Kodaiji Temple in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.

In particular, the instep roll, in which rabbits, frogs, and the monkeys are anthropomorphized (drawn human like), is very famous. In some scenes, a technique similar to the effect used in current manga can be seen, so it is also called “Japan’s oldest manga.”

* Pearl processing (a bit of glitters) is applied to the cloud parts.

-Wrap a bento/lunch box – Watch video 1 | Watch video 2

-Gift Wrapping – Watch Video 1 (easy) | Video 2 (book) | Video 3 (hard)

-Wrap a tissue box – Watch video

-Book cover – Watch video

-Hang on a wall – you can frame it too!  Check out how I did it from here.

-Make a bag/pouch – Watch video (pouch) Watch Video (in Japanese) | Watch Video (in Japanese, hard but neat)

Check out how to make many ways of wrapping from here.

New to Furoshiki?  Read the history of Furoshiki and more from here.

Are you looking for a particular Furoshiki (size and pattern) and you are based in Malta?  Then contact me from here and let me know what you would like!