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Product Description ■ The "Medicine Seller Yame lantern" is a collaboration item between the 『 Theater version of Mononoke 』 and "Yame lantern".
The design of the lantern includes the pattern of the medicine seller's kimono, medicine chest, and sword sheath. It expresses the world view.
Yame lantern began to be made in Fukushima-cho, Yame City, Fukuoka Prefecture, so it is called Fukushima-Chochin, and the design of the lantern includes the pattern of the sword sheath and the design of the lantern.
From the Meiji and Taisho period, it became one of the industries of the whole Yame area, and it became known widely as Yame lantern = Bon-Chochin.
At first it was used as a light, but it has been established as one of the Buddhist tools indispensable for Obon as a sign that is hung at the entrance of a house or placed near a Buddhist altar so that Buddha and ancestors do not get lost on their way home.
Yame lantern has been designated as a traditional craft by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry with a tradition of around 200 years.
Chochin has been used in many Japanese homes until the spread of electricity as it is now.
Chochin has been used in many Japanese homes.
Chochin is not only used as a light but also widely used as decoration and interior decoration.
Please enjoy your everyday life with Character Chochin by decorating it in your room.
[Product Details]
Size : approx. 20x16cm
Materials : Japanese paper, PET resin
Batteries : 2 AAA batteries
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