'Kyoshitsu Chaire - Honnōji Donsu shifuku' #1
'Kyoshitsu Chaire - Honnōji Donsu shifuku' #1
'Green/Yellow Kyoshitsu - Honnōji Donsu shifuku'
Raku-Yaki Chaire by Sasaki Kyoshitsu SHORAKU IV, with the Kyoshitsu stamp 虚室
with bespoke Shifuku by Studio Shifuku (Kyle)
Includes a custom-made signed wooden box, Chawan has to be purchased separately
This shifuku responds to the colours of the chaire in the choice of traditional Japanese Meibutsu-gire textile. Honnōji donsu (brocade) gets it’s name from the Honnōji temple in Kyoto although the pattern is originally said to come from late Song or early Yuan dynasty China. Honnōji donsu was used as a shifuku for the famous Aburaya-takatsuki chaire, once owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Matsudaira Fumai. A Meibutsu-gire textile with an identical pattern of Karahana (Chinese flower) and eight Takara-zukushi (lucky treasure) motifs scattered over a seigaiha (wave pattern) background called Mikumoya donsu also exists. Honnōji donsu typically employs same colour/different tone between the pattern and the background whilst Mikumoya donsu features contrasting colours of pattern vs background.
In this exhibition, Kyle explores the idea of the silk road and how textiles move around the world, often changing meaning as they do. He chose Honnōji donsu to reflect Japan.
All shifuku feature bespoke handmade himo and tsugari (gathering cord that attaches the himo) in pure silk by Kyle and are signed with the Studio Shifuku mark inside. All linings are silk.
