{"product_id":"tsumami-zaiku-brooch-white-gray-snow-crystal-japanese-silk-pin","title":"Tsumami Zaiku Brooch White \u0026 Gray – Snow Crystal Japanese Silk Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA snow-crystal (\u003cem\u003eyuki no kesshō\u003c\/em\u003e, 雪の結晶) brooch in silk, folded petal by petal in the centuries-old \u003cem\u003etsumami\u003c\/em\u003e technique. The form is the classic six-fold snowflake — a shape that stands, across cultures, for purity, stillness, and a kind of clean new beginning. In Japanese seasonal imagery the snow crystal also calls back to the winter landscape paintings that prize quiet over color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach of the six arms is built from 10 mm squares of silk, folded individually with tweezers and set with careful attention to symmetry and angle. Rather than pure white, the piece is finished in a soft gray on a white ground — so it reads as an adult winter accent rather than a holiday novelty. Glass beads at the joints catch light the way ice catches sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by \u003cem\u003eTsumami Kanzashi Ayano\u003c\/em\u003e, the Matsudo workshop led by Ayano Fujii — a designated maker of Chiba Prefecture's traditional craft of \u003cem\u003eEdo tsumami kanzashi\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial (motif):\u003c\/strong\u003e Silk, glass parts\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial (back):\u003c\/strong\u003e Plated brass brooch pin\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePackage size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75 × 70 × H32 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e White ground with gray\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Avoid water and friction; store flat in the box\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matsudo, Chiba, Japan — handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tsumami Kanzashi Ayano (つまみかんざし彩野)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLead time:\u003c\/strong\u003e within 1 month — made to order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA grown-up winter brooch that also works beautifully as a holiday-season gift — restrained enough to wear past December.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Japan Documented","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53097481699647,"sku":null,"price":19000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5490\/6175\/files\/ayano20-snow-crystal-brooch-white-gray-1.jpg?v=1779692325","url":"https:\/\/shop.japan-documented.com\/products\/tsumami-zaiku-brooch-white-gray-snow-crystal-japanese-silk-pin","provider":"Japan Documented","version":"1.0","type":"link"}