"Souka-Monyo (Wild Vegetal Pattern)"
With their unique meandering growth, flowering plants create their own world. Vegetal patterns have been appreciated by many peoples since time immemorial. As humans, flowering plants and trees live alongside us. Looking at vegetal patterns pleased people And I find the sight of them reassuring.

(Katsuji Wakisaka, the textile designer)

水無月のテキスタイルデザインは「草花文様」。
唐草の流れに合わせて、草や花が世界を作っていく様子を表現したテキスタイルです。唐草を豆のつるに見立てて、この時期旬のえんどう豆で御菓子を作りました。
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The concept for June is "Wild Vegetal Pattern"
The textile expresses how plants and flowers create their own world through their growth. We created wagashi using green peas, which are in season now. And the plants in the textile pattern are reminiscent of green pea vines.

豆の鞘の形にした外郎に白餡をのせ、その上に丸めたえんどう餡を並べて寒天をかけてあります。えんどう餡は、ゆでたえんどう豆を裏ごしして砂糖加えたもので、豆の味がしっかりと感じられます。
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We used white anko on the outer shell and shaped it into a green pea pod and on top of that we have placed rounded anko made of green pea and coated in kanten jelly. Green pea anko consists of pureed boiled green pea with sugar and you can pick up the strong aromatic notes of the green pea.

京菓子老舗長久堂とのコラボレート。1年の移ろいをポップなテキスタイルデザインで表現し、和菓子に落とし込みました。
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We collaborated with famous Kyoto patisserie Choukyudou.
Our pop vibrant textile design reflect changes in the seasons and these are also expressed in our wagashi.

平成21年『PHPスペシャル』に毎月連載していた、『SOU・SOUだより』。
移ろい行く四季の和花を和菓子で表現しました。
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SOU・SOU's textile designer Katsuji Wakisaka has been publishing new textile design on monthly magazine, "PHP Special". The seasonal changes are expressed in our wagashi.

京菓子老舗『亀屋良長』さんとのコラボレート。
日本の歳時記を表現したテキスタイルに合わせて和菓子を製作しました。
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We collaborated with The noted Kyoto patisserie Kameya Yoshinaga.
Together we created wagashi that emphasize Japanese seasonal changes as well as our graphic textile prints.

華道家元池坊直営・日本華道社出版『四季の花手帖』で発表した12ヶ月の花を和菓子にしました。お菓子の製作は、京菓子の老舗『亀屋良長』さん。
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SOU・SOU designed a new flower design corresponding to each month of the year in "Flower Notes For the Four Seasons', the booklet published by Nihon Kadou Sha, operated by Ikenobo*.

Ikenobo*
Ikenobo is the original school that produced ikebana (traditional Japanese Buddhist floral design) as a unique artform in Japan
over five centuries ago and continue to spread awareness and knowledge of the ikebana tradition worldwide.