Takubo Straw amulet ornament "Musubi-Kazari"

Description

The shape of the knotted ring expresses a circle of people, while the hanging rice stalks represent ripening. This amulet is for achieving a fulfilled life alongside many, enriching human connections.

Warazaiku, straw amulets, made from rice straw by the Japanese Kai family, who have been growing and braiding rice straw into traditional objects of good fortune for generations. Based in the township of Takachiho, Miyazaki prefecture, an old, sacred ground, sometimes called a “mythic village”, each Warazaiku shape and knot type offers a different story, from guarding against evil to bearing good luck.