Thread ball - Itomari

...The late Edo period book Kiyu Shoran states that in the past, temari was played standing up, but now it is more urbane to play it kneeling down. Temari is written as temari or temari, and is also called itomari or kagarimari. It is made by tightly winding cotton thread around a core of spring cotton or sawdust, and some have bells or cocoons in the core to make a sound. During its heyday in the late Edo period, decorative versions were made with the surface wrapped in five-colored silk thread, and were called gotenmari. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "itomari" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸後期の《嬉遊笑覧》には，昔は立まりだったが今はひざまずいてするのが都会風だとある。手まりは手鞠，手毬と書かれ，糸まり，かがりまりともいい，ゼンマイの綿やおがくずを芯にして綿糸を堅く巻きつけたもので，芯に鈴や繭を入れて音が出るようにしたものもある。江戸後期の全盛期には表面を五彩の絹糸で巻いた装飾的なものがつくられ，御殿まりと呼ばれた。…

※「糸まり」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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