Folding fan / botanical leather® indigo dye / spotted / cowhide

Cowhide dyed with fermented indigo from Tokushima is thinly sliced ​​by hand by artisans and made into folding fans in Kyoto. The leather used is tanned with tannins, so you can enjoy the changes that occur in the leather over time.

We will deliver it in a luxurious paulownia box.

Indigo dyeing was introduced from China in ancient times, and was popular among the common people in the Edo period. As it has a strong antibacterial effect, dyed clothes are also effective in preventing skin diseases and poisonous insects. There are various varieties of indigo grass, such as Kojoko, Hyakukan, and Senbon, and it is currently cultivated in Tokushima, Miyazaki, Hokkaido, etc., but the production volume is decreasing year by year. At "te saho", we mainly use fermented indigo grass of Kojoko from Tokushima, which has been praised as the finest since the Edo period, and dye it with a vat dyeing method.

[Mottled dyeing]
This is a traditional technique in which the leather is soaked in water to soften it, then squeezed by hand. Repeated dyeing creates complex patterns, and the thinner the material, the finer and more delicate the patterns will be.