Lucky Icons
Daruma, cranes, tigers, turtles, and beckoning cats in cream and pale indigo on navy Japanese cotton. Everything sold at the shrine stall on New Year's morning, shrunk to half an inch.
Wear it
Looks like a small cream-on-navy print at a distance. Up close, it's twenty good-luck charms.
Fabric Details
100% Japanese cotton dobby
Slightly heavier than standard shirting
Japanese good-luck charm motif
Cream and pale indigo allover print
Fit
Cut with a clean, modern fit—neither slim nor oversized. Sized to US measurements, not Japanese. Sizing Chart
Model
Model is wearing size M.
Motif
Engimono (縁起物): a daruma that rights itself, a dog for safe childbirth, a tiger that travels a thousand miles and comes home, clams whose two halves fit only each other, a gourd for a year without illness. Roughly twenty wishes at once.
Care
Machine wash cold with like colors. Tumble dry low or not at all. Warm iron if needed.
Buying it for someone? It ships in an Erica Kochi box, wrapped in branded tissue paper.
Designed in California. Woven, cut and sewn in Japan, in small batches.