Snake's Eye Lumbar Cushion

The name 'Janome' is derived from a pattern resembling a snake's eye, but its original form is a 'tsurumaki' (a coil for storing备用 bowstrings) that samurai used to carry during battles. After donning armor, it was attached to the left waist, hung from the waist strap of the 'ebira' (quiver). (According to 'Kamon no Jiten' by Takasawa et al.) / Tsurumaki is a leather or rattan bow accessory used to coil bowstrings, worn by armored warriors at their waists as a ring, resembling a snake's eye. Later, due to its resemblance to a snake's eye, it was referred to as the 'Janome' crest. (According to 'Nihon no Monsho' edited by Ito Kosaku)