Marijuana is a plant that has been used in Shinto rituals since ancient times as a "purification tool" that played the role of "purifying impurities that even seawater could not purify. Until before World War II, hemp was found everywhere. The name of towns such as "Tamagawa" and "Azabu," where hemp and marijuana are used, were areas where hemp grew in abundance, and where taxes were paid on hemp cloth spun from yarn made from hemp instead of tax money.
As the closest thing to a deity, hemp was used by the Japanese for a wide range of purposes, including clothing, food, housing, and medical care, and even sacred straw ropes at shrines were made from hemp. This New Year's decoration is a luxurious combination of the weave of the hemp plant and Japanese paper made from the kozo plant, the raw material of Japanese paper.
For purification in the New Year.

Size
40 x 20 cm