Maruzen Gamaguchi Coin Purse with Blue Karakusa Pattern

Inquiry ID : 0029

🌸 Description

This Maruzen gamaguchi—a clasp-frame coin purse—features white karakusa vine scrolls against a deep blue background. Its rounded shape is finished with a silver-tone clasp frame.

Made in Japan with a cotton body, the purse measures approximately 12 × 3 × 10.5 cm and offers a compact place to keep coins.

🌸 Features

• Cotton body with a clasp frame
• White karakusa vine-scroll pattern on blue
• Rounded shape with a silver-tone clasp
• Approximately 12 × 3 × 10.5 cm
• Made in Japan

👛 History

Gamaguchi are purses or pouches with a metal-frame closure. Their name refers to the resemblance between the open frame and a toad’s mouth. This distinctive fastening gives the purse form its Japanese name. Gamaguchi appeared in Japan during the Meiji period, drawing on imported European purse designs rather than an ancient Japanese purse form. Japanese makers adapted these imported models for domestic production. The style became widely used during the Meiji period, establishing a place in Japanese purse-making through the adoption and adaptation of an overseas design.

The product is identified as a gamaguchi coin purse, with the characteristic clasp frame visible above its rounded body.

📦 Shipping Information

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