{"title":"Japanese leather","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall Japanese leather goods, most of them closing with a kiss lock frame, which in Japan is called a gamaguchi. The word means toad's mouth, for the way the frame opens wide, and it shuts again when the two small balls on top pass each other with a click.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-leather-clasp-coin-purse\"\u003ecoin purse\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-leather-necklace-purse\"\u003enecklace purse\u003c\/a\u003e come from Kanmi in Asakusa, Tokyo's leatherworking district, a workshop that makes nothing but clasp purses. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-leather-wildflower-clasp-wallet\"\u003ewildflower wallet\u003c\/a\u003e is from Zucchero in Osaka, in oil-shrink cowhide with the brass left bright. The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-yuzen-leather-key-clip\"\u003ekey clip\u003c\/a\u003e is from Asakusa Bunko, who began as kimono makers in 1983 and now paint yuzen by hand onto white-tanned Himeji leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything here is cowhide, sized for coins, a key or a few cards rather than everything you own.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"japanese-leather-clasp-coin-purse","title":"Japanese Leather Kiss Lock Coin Purse","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gamaguchi clasp purse from Kanmi in Asakusa, Tokyo, the city's leather district, made at a workshop that builds nothing but clasp purses. It opens with a press of the thumb and shuts with a click you feel more than hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tree is pressed into one side and the other is left plain, so the leather can be seen doing its own work. Inside, a pale woven lining keeps small things visible rather than lost. The removable leather handle is about 25 cm, so the pouch can be carried in the hand or attached to a bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leather keeps its own grain and tonal variation, and will soften and darken where your hand goes most often.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kanmi","offers":[{"title":"Deep Red","offer_id":57712299934040,"sku":"KAN-DROP-TREE-RED","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive Green","offer_id":57712299966808,"sku":"KAN-DROP-TREE-GRN","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Warm Taupe","offer_id":57712299999576,"sku":"KAN-DROP-TREE-GRY","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7171\/0040\/files\/IMG_8014_b407e37a-bbb0-4290-b722-bdb87a9645ff.jpg?v=1785187273"},{"product_id":"japanese-leather-wildflower-clasp-wallet","title":"Wildflower Japanese Leather Kiss Lock Wallet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Japanese leather wallet from Zucchero in Osaka, with a row of wildflowers pressed into the front, each stem a different plant, running the full width like a band lifted from a botanical plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt opens twice. The coin frame lifts at the top on its own clasp, so a handful of change is reachable without unfolding anything, and the pale twill lining makes small coins easy to find. Below that the wallet folds flat to stepped card slots and a longer pocket for notes, held shut by a press stud. Seven cards, notes and coins in something that still sits in a coat pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leather is oil-shrink cowhide, tanned so the grain draws up tight and gives a faint creak when you close your hand around it. It loosens to the shape of your hand the more it is carried. The brass is left bright rather than antiqued, which lifts the whole thing against the leather and gives the closing a small satisfying weight. It arrives in its own box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zucchero","offers":[{"title":"Teal Green","offer_id":57753056805208,"sku":"92256430","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Camel","offer_id":57753056837976,"sku":"92256431","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7171\/0040\/files\/IMG_7951_4f2bf561-2ffb-4e61-a3d8-49ce050f2a41.jpg?v=1784978599"},{"product_id":"japanese-leather-necklace-purse","title":"Japanese Leather Kiss Lock Necklace Purse","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gamaguchi clasp purse from Kanmi in Asakusa, Tokyo, hung on a fine undyed leather cord that slides to whatever length suits you. It comes from a workshop that builds nothing but clasp purses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorn at the neck it holds coins, a folded note, wireless earphones or a couple of small keys without needing a bag at all. A tree is pressed into one side, and inside is a pale woven lining. The undyed cord against the dyed leather is the detail that makes it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth the cord and the body soften and take on colour as they are worn. Kanmi have worked in Asakusa, Tokyo's leatherworking district, for more than twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kanmi","offers":[{"title":"Deep Red","offer_id":57762059714904,"sku":"KANMI-NP-DROP-RED","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive Green","offer_id":57762059747672,"sku":"KANMI-NP-DROP-GRN","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Brown","offer_id":57762059780440,"sku":"KANMI-NP-DROP-BRN","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7171\/0040\/files\/ourooh-red-leather-gamaguchi-purse_f2898d00-6485-46c6-94f8-0679411f053e.jpg?v=1785083591"},{"product_id":"japanese-yuzen-leather-key-clip","title":"Hand-Painted Yuzen Japanese Leather Key Clip","description":"\u003cp\u003eYuzen, the dyeing technique developed for kimono silk, worked by hand onto a small panel of cowhide. Asakusa Bunko began in 1983 as a kimono maker and moved the same methods across to white-tanned Himeji leather, which they still do at their workshop in Asakusabashi, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stencil lays the colour down, a yuzen painter goes over it by hand, and a heated die then presses the leather under roughly a hundred tonnes so the pattern stands up from the surface. One panel carries blue and violet flowers, one an owl among leaves and blossom, one a calico cat asleep among lotus and plum. Because the painting is done by hand, small differences between pieces are part of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sprung brass clip fastens to a bag or a pocket, keeping keys close to hand rather than at the bottom under everything else. Three detachable hooks hang from the lower fitting, so one key can be taken off without taking the rest. The hardware gives the painted leather enough weight to feel like an object in its own right. It arrives in its own box, stamped in gold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asakusa Bunko","offers":[{"title":"Calico Cat","offer_id":57766322635096,"sku":"AB-KEYCLIP-CAT","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Blue Flowers","offer_id":57766322569560,"sku":"AB-KEYCLIP-BLUE","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Owl","offer_id":57766322602328,"sku":"AB-KEYCLIP-OWL","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7171\/0040\/files\/ourooh-yuzen-leather-cat-key-clip.jpg?v=1784688528"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7171\/0040\/collections\/kisslock_handmade_purse_leather_mini.png?v=1792092711","url":"https:\/\/ourooh.co.uk\/collections\/japanese-leather.oembed","provider":"Ourooh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}