A Japanese legend inspires the Tanabata collection by Lebole Gioielli ♦ ︎
That Japan is the beacon that illuminates the creativity of Barbara Lebole is known. The kimono fabrics used for the numerous earrings collections testify to this. Now there is the charm of the Rising Sun turns into a fairy tale with the Tanabata collection, composed of several pairs of earrings, asymmetrical, formed by pairs of stars of various sizes that meet like the characters of Japanese legend. The materials used remain linked to the company’s tradition, fabrics of ancient Japanese kimonos, silver galvanized gold and natural stones combined with the colors of the fabrics. Price: from 60 to 190 euros the silks and silver collection. From 190 to 250 euros the Must collection.
The secret inscription
Yeah, but what does Tanabata refer to? It is the name of the seventh night of the seventh month, ie July, and celebrates the meeting of two deities, Orihime and Hikoboshi, represented by Two Stars Innamorate Vega and Altair. In fact, each pair of earrings is attached to a strip of colored paper called Tanazaku, which symbolizes a silk thread intertwined by Orihime. Above the strip will be written a phrase to be discovered, as they use to do the Japanese on the day of Tanabata. To celebrate the love of the two stars, in fact, they hang from the bamboo trees of the tanazaku in which they write poems, prayers and desires turned to the stars.
Japanese legend
If you are curious to know the Japanese legend, here it is: in ancient times on the shores of the Celeste River (the Milky Way), lived the ’emperor of the sky, Tentei, whose daughter Orihime (Vega) spent his days weaving. When she reached adulthood, her father chose a husband: Hikoboshi (Altair), who was also a hard worker, whose job was to feed oxen through the shores of the Celestial River. For the two young people it was love at first sight but taken from love and passion, they also forgot about their duties. As a result, Orihime no longer wove his canvas, leaving the gods without clothes, and Hikoboshi’s oxen roamed uncontrollably across the sky. This unleashed the anger of Tentei and the two lovers were separated on the two sides of the Celestial River and forced to return to their duties. The princess was so desperate that Tentei, moved, allowed the two to meet, only once a year, the seventh day of the seventh month. Since then, a flock of magpies come every year, and they create a bridge with their wings, so that Orihime can cross the Celestial River and re-embrace his beloved Hikoboshi.
