New · Made in Shizuoka, Japan · For the cat lover
Hamamatsu chusen dyeing · cotton · three cloths, 34 × 90 cm each
Three Cats: A Tenugui Set
Three cotton tenugui for the cat person: orange cat faces on white, white cat faces on black, and big sleeping cats on grey.
$59 Free shipping to 32 countries
Order by November 20 to make sure it arrives before Christmas.
We ship to mainland China: free, tracked. Import duties, if any, are paid on delivery. Where we ship
$39 when added to any other piece in your order: it travels in the same box.
A gift for a new home
Leaves Fukuoka within one week by tracked airmail.
What buyers say · ★★★★★ on Etsy
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Jessica · United States
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“Item was as described and in photos shown. Excellent quality. Seller very knowledgable and took the time to explain everything”
Tiang N. · Australia
- Made in Japan. Hamamatsu chūsen, from Shizuoka prefecture.
- New, never used. Checked and packed by hand in Fukuoka.
- Returns within 14 days of delivery. Not right? Send it back as it came and we refund the full price, return postage included.
- Packed safely, sent by tracked airmail within one week. Order $100 or more and it flies EMS express.
Duties, checkout and extras
- ★ 5.0 on Etsy · Star Seller. Read the reviews ↗
- Import tax. It depends on your country; if any is due, it is collected on delivery.
- US import duties. Already included in the price: nothing to pay at your door.
- Secure checkout by Stripe — cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay. No account needed.
- Two pieces, one parcel. Each extra piece in the same order is $15 off at checkout.
- Orders of $200 or more travel with a gift to keep: Japanese chopsticks with a rest in a paulownia box, or a Nara kaya-cloth handkerchief.
The story
A tenugui is the plain cotton cloth Japan has used for centuries: a towel, a headband, a gift wrap, a dish cloth. These are dyed in Hamamatsu, one of Japan's centres of chūsen dyeing. Dye is poured by hand through stacked layers of cloth, so the colour soaks right through, the pattern shows on both sides, and no two cats come out exactly alike.
Living with it
Hang one by the sink, wrap a present in another, pin the third on the wall like a small print. Or split the set between three friends who all talk about their cats more than their children.
The short ends are left raw, as tenugui always are: a few threads loosen in the first washes, then it stops. Wash separately in cold water the first time, as hand-poured dye can run a little.
• Three tenugui, about 34 × 90 cm each (87–90 cm, hand-dyed) • Cotton, chūsen-dyed in Hamamatsu • New • Made in Japan
How it travels
Packed safely, insured in full
Every piece is packed by hand in Fukuoka inside a sturdy 3 mm corrugated carton, cushioned all round with air pillows so it cannot move. It travels with tracking all the way to your door: by EMS, insured for its full value, on orders of $100 or more, and by tracked airmail below that.
A question about this piece — size, marks, condition? Ask the house, we answer within a day.