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TOP>About Mizuhiki
The origin goes back to the Asuka Era. In 607A.D., a Japanese delegations was sent to China. The Chinese emperor of that time sent to the Japanese a number of boxes of gifts with ornamental red and white wrapping made of hemp. The Japanese emperor, upon seeing the boxes, was especially enchanted by the beautiful thread wrapping which had never been seen before in Japan. The emperor then ordered production of their thread and artwork to begin in Japan. From then, the Japanese art of Mizuhiki making ornaments from special threads begin.
There is two opinion about the origin.
Why called "Mizuhiki"…
There are many stories of the origin of the name "Mizuhiki". Actually, it is named by the process of the handcraft. In Japanese "Mizu" means water and "Hiki" means put it on in Japanese. Put water glue on a paper and twisted the paper. Finished Mizuhiki is with bright color and different material.
Material for Mizuhiki is papers. It is rich in length variation. These Mizuhiki are made with 90 cm of material and can be composed of as many as 200 colors, with knots, bends, twists, and stitching to produce wonderfully exquisite craftworks and can be perfect at a present to give or receive.
| Patent color(P.C) | It is made with Vacuum Metallized Film twisted with a paper string. |
|---|---|
| Pure silver(P.R) | Similar to Patent color. However, it is made with pure silver and gold film. |
| Sunago(S.N) | With dots and spots film on the paper string, it looks like sand. |
| Hana(H.M) | The paper string which is wrapped with Decorated thread. |
| Akebono(A.K) | The paper string is covered with film and decorated thread. |
| Natural color(N.C) | The paper string is dyed with natural color pigments. |
| Rainbow(R.B) | Wrapped with aurora film. Sparkling like rainbow. |
| Fantasy(F.T) | Contrast of colorful decorative thread direct cheerful and pleasant. |
| Nishiki(N.S) | The colorful paper string is covered with spur gold & silver thread. |
| Platina(P.L) | Pure silver thread brilliance creates elegant and noble taste. |
| Crystal(C.R) | It is covered with fluorescence film. Create a modern taste. |
| Miyako(M.K) | Using 2 kinds of threads. Taste like pure Japanese calm beautiful. |
| Tsudure(T.R) | The paper string with brightness like a robe of Angel's feathers. |
| Hagoromo(H.G) | Fresh shapely paper string with pastel color and sparkling thread. |
| Sarasa(S.A) | The paper string is covered with decorated thread, aurora films, gold and silver films. The Mizuhiki have modern Japanese taste. |
| Hibiki(H.K) | It is new type Mizuhiki that wrapped with polyethylene strings. |
| Ebisu(E.B) | The paper string is covered with the film of the aurora and gold and silver. The Mizuhiki with the elegant atmosphere. |
A type of wrapping paper to give money used in traditional Japanese ceremony such as weddings, graduations etc.
Every New Year Japanese decorate their homes with Mizuhiki ornaments.
According to traditional Japanese marriage customs, the parents of the groom-to-be must send a betrothal consisting of a set of YUINO, a sum of money and other gifts. The set of YUINO must at least include a plum blossom tree, a pine tree and bamboo.
We can supply thousands of Mizuhiki ornaments.
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