Gion Mamori Kamon Engraving [F]Horizontal Traditional "Honzome" dye

Traditional "Honzome" dye

Leather is available in standard and suede versions (napped finish)

Sake Menuki - MM002

which have only a strip of same placed into the tsuka wood structure

Gion Mamori Kamon Engraving [F]Horizontal Traditional "Honzome" dyeGion Mamori Kamon Engraving Figure Gion Amulet in Japanese The Gion Mamori is a special amulet sold at the Yasaka Shrine in Gion district in Kyoto. The origin of the Gion Mamori kamon is shrouded in mystery and is still debated: some think that it represents a cryptic map of the woods that used to surround the Yasaka shrine, while others say that it is in fact a hidden Christian cross. There is also a third interpretation linking the amulet to an