Kinkame - Japanese Silk Thread Collection - Summer Colors Box

きぬいとたまてばこ - kinuito-tamatebako (silk thread skeins in handmade paper box)

夏色 - Summer Colors

This delightful handmade paper box is colored with kakishibu (persimmon) lacquer in a deep shade of black-brown representing Summer. The box contains 12 different fine gauge silk threads and a foldout information card that discusses the beauty of the season and the thread groupings, as noted below:

あじさい　 Hydrangea - lavender (215), purple (182), green (119)
トマノハラ　 Evening Breeze - midnight blue (46), bright yellow (79), cadet blue (144)
にゅどぐも　 Cloud Mountain (Cumulonimbus) - blue (208), ivory (153), pale gray (123)
きんぎよ　 Goldfish - red, pink (78), watery blue (101)

100% silk hand sewing thread on 12 thread cards.
Each card holds 80 meters of thread.