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Pine, matsu<\/h2>\n
Endurance. Pine stays green through the winter, so it means holding steady through a hard stretch. Often drawn with bamboo and plum together, the three of them making a set that stands for resilience.<\/p>\n
Chrysanthemum, kiku<\/h2>\n
Autumn, and long life again. The chrysanthemum is also the imperial flower of Japan, so a formal obi will often carry it. Large open blooms usually mean the piece was made for an occasion rather than for everyday.<\/p>\n
Cherry blossom, sakura<\/h2>\n
Spring, and the fact that nothing lasts. Sakura is beautiful precisely because it falls, and that is the point being made. Worn in spring, and slightly odd to wear in autumn, though nobody is going to stop you carrying a bag.<\/p>\n
Butterfly, cho<\/h2>\n
Change, and young womanhood. A butterfly goes through a complete transformation to become itself, so it tended to appear on pieces made for someone at the start of adult life.<\/p>\n Honestly, only as much as you want it to. A clutch cut from a crane obi works fine if you have never heard of cranes. But people do choose differently once they know. The pine ones go to somebody getting through something. The cranes go to weddings. We have watched it happen at the counter often enough to stop thinking it is a coincidence.<\/p>\n What is worth knowing is that every one of these was woven by somebody who meant it. That thread was chosen. It is a better reason to carry a bag than a logo is.<\/p>\n The kimono bags are laid out on the second floor at 259\/80 Soi Pridi Banomyong 13, off Sukhumvit 71, Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 17:00, so you can see the fabrics side by side. Ask us what the pattern is. If we know, we will tell you, and if we do not we will say that too.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cranes, waves, pine and chrysanthemum were chosen for a reason. Knowing what they meant changes which bag you end up picking.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toanoi-blogs"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/www.toanoi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/kimono_obi_clutch_butterfly_orange1-1-2.jpg\")
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<\/div>Does any of it matter on a bag?<\/h2>\n
Come and read a few<\/h2>\n