Fukusa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fukusa is a noun meaning A piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts in the Japanese tradition.
Meaning
A piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts in the Japanese tradition.
Example Sentences
he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting [...] Japanese Foukousas with their green-toned golds and their marvellously plumaged birds.
An 18th-century fukusa, an elaborately embroidered and painted cloth that is draped over a gift in place of wrapping paper, is one of 135 objects from the Katherine and Gilbert Boone collection of Japanese art that is on display at the Field Museum of Natural History through October 2.
Word Forms
- fukusas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mizuhiki, okimono, futon, tokonoma, shibori, mizuhiki-maku.
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