Furoshiki (wrapping cloth) - Furoshiki

Japanese: ふろしき(風呂敷) - ふろしき

A cloth used to wrap things. It was found in the treasures of the Shosoin Repository during the Nara period, and was called koromo tsutsumi or hiratsume during the Heian period. The sketch in the Senmen Koshakyo (Ancient Fan-Shaped Sutra) shows a person wearing a hiratsume on his head. The word furoshiki first appeared in documents in the Sunpu Gobunbutsu Godogucho (Cabinet of Sunpu Bunbutsu), a record of Tokugawa Ieyasu's distribution of keepsakes, and it became common at the beginning of the Edo period. The name is said to have come from the fact that it was (1) laid on the floor of a bath (steam bath), (2) used as a foot wipe after a bath, and (3) wrapped in clothing to distinguish it from others.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

物を包むための布。奈良時代の正倉院御物にも見られ，平安時代には〈ころもつつみ〉〈平包み〉と呼ばれていた。《扇面古写経》の下絵には平包みを頭にのせた絵がある。〈風呂敷〉という言葉が文献に現れるのは，徳川家康の形見分けの記録《駿府御分物御道具帳》であり，江戸時代の初めには一般化した。名の由来としては，(1)風呂(蒸し風呂)の床板に敷いた，(2)湯上がりの足ふきとして使った，(3)自分の衣類を区別するために包んだためという。

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