I was looking for more information about kusudamas when I found a great text writen by Mio Tsugawa. I decided to copy part of the text to share some interesting info with you all ^^.
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" What is the Kusudama? - Kusudama origin
The kusudama is an ornament which has a meaning of a talisman against evil made with some medicinal herbs.
Kusudama was introduced into Japan in the Heian period from China.
(The Heian era is from794 a.d. to 1192 a.d. )
Originally it is an ornamental scented ball or an ornamental ball made of imitation flowers.
(The various spices such as the musk , agalloch, clove are put in the bag of brocade and it is decorated with the string.
It is together with Japanese iris and mugwort ,etc..., and long string of five-colored are hung down it.)
When writing in kanji, "Kusudama" is divided into two words.
Kusudama kusu=kusuri : ( medicine or herb medicine)
dama= t(d)ama : (globular shape) "
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