Tenugui
Traditional Japanese multi-purpose cloth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tenugui (手拭い) is a traditional Japanese hand towel made from cotton. It dates back to the Heian period or earlier. By the Edo period, tenugui became what they are today; about 35 by 90 centimetres (14 by 35 in) in size, plain woven, and almost always dyed with plain color or some pattern. The long sides are finished with a selvage, while the short sides are left unfinished to allow fraying.[1]
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A tenugui may be used as a flannel (washcloth) or dishcloth.[2][3] They are often used as souvenirs, headbands, decorations, or for wrapping bottles and similar items.[4] Towels made from terry cloth have largely replaced tenugui in household use.[citation needed] However, tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband and provides extra padding beneath the headgear (men).[5]