This tenugui (Japanese hand towel) is made by Koichi Kotanaka, who studied under Keisuke Serizawa and continues to create healthy and beautiful stencil-dyed textiles rooted in everyday life.

It is dyed using the "chusen" dyeing method, which brings out the texture of cotton, and a distinctive feature is that the color is evenly distributed on both sides.

It's great to carry around as a handkerchief, but it's also recommended to display it in your room like a tapestry and enjoy it as interior decor.

*Please note that there may be slight variations between individual items.

Koichi Odanaka
Born in Iwate Prefecture.
The third-generation owner of the Kotanaka Dyeing Studio, a dyeing craftsman, inherited his family's dyeing studio after eight years of training at the Serizawa Dyeing and Paper Research Institute, run by Keisuke Serizawa, a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property designation for "katae-zome" (stencil dyeing).
Currently, he continues to research and create stencil dyeing techniques, and also works on product packaging, logo design, book cover design, and illustrations.