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Vintage zabuton cushion cover silk material

£50.00 £25.00

Vintage zabuton cushion cover silk material

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Vintage zabuton cushion cover silk material

A beautiful set of vintage unused heavy silk brocade material for making a zabuton cushion to sit on. It comes in two pieces, one red and one purple blue, both have a slight colour shift and you get a lot of beautiful light and tone play off of these. The colours in the photos don;t do justice to the richness of the pieces colour. especially the blue purple.

The pattern is of flowers and foliage and is stunning.

Zabuton (座布団 [d͡za̠bɯ̟ᵝtõ̞ɴ], Hiragana: ざぶとん, Katakana: ザブトン) is a Japanese cushion for sitting. The zabuton is generally used when sitting on the floor and may also be used when sitting on a chair. In a more casual setting, the zabuton can be used in conjunction with a zaisu (座椅子), a type of Japanese legless chair, with or without an accompanying kyousoku (脇息), a Japanese-style armrest. Ordinarily, any place in Japan where seating is on the floor will be provided with zabuton for sitting comfort. A typical zabuton measures 50–70 cm (20–30 inches) square and is several centimetres thick when new.

Zabuton are found throughout Japan and enter many aspects of the culture.

  • In Zen meditation, practitioners sit on zafu, which is typically placed on top of a zabuton. The zabuton cushions the knees and ankles.
  • In sumo, members of the audience throw zabuton toward the ring after the upset of a yokozuna by a lower-ranked wrestler, despite the dangers.[1]
  • In rakugo, performers are not allowed to rise from their zabuton for the duration of their skit.
  • In yose, notably on the long-running television show Shōten, comedians receive zabuton as a form of scoring.
  • In jidaigeki, according to a stereotype, the boss prisoner in a jail cell receives all the zabuton from his or her cell mates.

Additional information

Weight 0.4 kg