Furoshiki , the traditional Japanese wrapping cloth is single piece of a cloth. It has more than 1,200year-old history and had been widely used until the end of the Edo Period. The custom of using furoshiki dates back as early as the Nara Period (710-784) when it was used for keeping the valuables of the Emperors. The oldest wrapping cloth used in the Nara Period is in the safekeeping at the Shosoin (a wooden storage house at the Todaiji-temple in Nara). In the Heian Period (794-1185), furoshiki was used to wrap and carry clothes for the nobility.