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ENCLOSED or form does not always follow function

Following the original function of Origata as packaging, I have enclosed a phrase named “Makura kotoba” in each brooch. Makura Kotoba, or “pillow words”, a head phrase at the beginning of a Waka-poem established early in the eighth century, links meanings, associations or sounds, functioning as a tool with which the poet could imply the themes and emotions in his poems. In each, I have selected a particular Makura Kotoba related to the six senses of Seeing, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell and Mind.

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