This yogi has a butterfly family crest in the center of a ring of Karakusa (Chinese scrolling pattern). This ring of karakusa (or plum blossoms, pine needles, etc.) was created in Kaga sometime at the end of the Edo period. These kawari(unique) mon were not crests used for official occasions. Women were humbly able to show their modesty by making their crest appear smaller than their husband’s when the ring was added. The family crest on this yogi does not show any sign of humbleness. It is gorgeous and takes up almost half the space.

The yogi was popular particularly in cold climate regions and was incorporated into a bridal trousseau. For that purpose, they were decorated with auspicious designs of cranes, turtles, pines, bumboos, rocks, plums and so on. Here on this yogi, we are able to feel the same themes without the presence of any auspicious motifs when the family crest is seen together as a part of the design. The design of a butterfly and its cocoons (in the weeping willow tree) represents the wishing for the newly wed couple's happy marriage blessed with many children. This work is beautifully executed in the tsutsugaki paste regist method on thin cotton combined with the katazome (use of cut-out pattern, not necessary an easier task) on a weeping tree.