Gion Mamori Kamon Engraving [F]Horizontal "Hon Jidai" style Fuchi /

"Hon Jidai" style Fuchi / Kashira and silk blue Sageo & Tsukaito

and covered with a cloth of deluxe black cotton

The pleats are pressed with a high pressure industrial press which durably fixes the pleats

which have only a strip of same placed into the tsuka wood structure

Sake Menuki - MM002

Gion Mamori Kamon Engraving [F]Horizontal "Hon Jidai" style Fuchi /Gion Mamori Kamon Engraving Figure Gion Amulet in Japanese The Gion Mamori is a special amulet sold at the Yasaka Shrine in Gion district in Kyoto. The origin of the Gion Mamori kamon is shrouded in mystery and is still debated: some think that it represents a cryptic map of the woods that used to surround the Yasaka shrine, while others say that it is in fact a hidden Christian cross. There is also a third interpretation linking the amulet to an