Tenugui Towel Light Weight Plain weave Cotton Cloth Unfinished at Both Ends Printed in black, green, brown, blue, red and yellow is a male Kabuki figure, Benkei, who is scowling and holding a white scroll in his hands; Kanjin-cho Kabuki play which is the story of Benkei and Yoshitsune who are escaping disguised as soliciting priests. Possibly a souvenir cloth, sometimes used as a head band or to be waved while dancing, originally used as hand towel.

1996.010.313