Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Onigiri

Decole - Embroidered clasp coin purse - Onigiri

Yellow fabric coin purse with a metal kiss-lock frame, an onigiri embroidered on the front with its white rice triangle and black band of seaweed, alongside a little sausage cut into an octopus shape. Below, the word ONIGIRI in pale lettering. The fabric has a textured, ridged weave, and the frame shuts with that unmistakable dry click.

• Dimensions: approx. 88 × 10 × 110 mm in height
• Material: fabric
• Closure: metal kiss-lock frame with ball knobs
• Motif: embroidered onigiri and octopus sausage, with the name in romaji
• Use: coin purse, or a case for small bits and pieces

Features

• Opens right up: the frame swings fully open and shows the whole interior, so coins never end up in a corner your fingers can't reach.
• Firm closure: the spring in the frame keeps the purse shut inside your bag, with no zip to jam and no popper to work loose.
• Not just coins: equally good for keys, earphones, a lipstick or a few tablets.
• Embroidered, not printed: the design is stitched into the fabric, so it has relief and won't crack from rubbing about in a bag.
• A lunchbox scene: the onigiri is the rice ball people take everywhere in Japan, and the sausage cut into an octopus is the classic side in children's lunchboxes. Together they make a miniature bentō.
• A classic format: in Japanese this kind of purse is called a gama guchi, "toad's mouth", after what the open frame looks like. It reached Japan from Europe in the late nineteenth century and stayed, becoming a thoroughly Japanese object.

About the brand

Decole is a Japanese zakka company — the small everyday objects people buy more for pleasure than out of need. Its collections play with traditional Japanese motifs and with animals, aiming to give an ordinary item — a stand, a purse, a keyring — something that makes you smile when you use it.