PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fabric member for a ceremony for washing a dead body with hot water, which is capable of keeping its function even when water (hot water) is used as well as covering the dead body on its back so that its skin or body shape could not be seen from outside, and capable of producing at a lower cost suitable for single-use.SOLUTION: The fabric member for a ceremony for washing a dead body is the one for covering the dead body on its back except its face and toes at least during the ceremony to wash the dead body with hot water. The fabric member is made of a nonwoven fabric whose weight is 100 g/m2≤250 g/m2. The nonwoven fabric is made of a 100% polyester chemical fiber, for example, and coloring is applied all over the towel or on a part of it, for example, on its surface coloring with light blocking effect or nontranslucent coloring is applied. Also a plurality of cherry blossoms and their petals are transfer-printed on the colored surface.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】仰向けに寝かせた遺体の肌や体形が外側から視認されることなく当該遺体を覆い隠すことができるとともに、水(温水)を使用した時でもその機能を維持でき、使い捨てに適した低コスト化が可能な湯灌の儀式用布部材を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の湯灌の儀式用布部材は、遺体を温水で洗浄する湯灌の儀式の際、仰向けに寝かせた遺体の少なくとも顔と足先以外を覆い隠すための湯灌の儀式用布部材である。この湯灌の儀式用布部材は、目付けが100g/m2≦250g/m2の不織布で構成されている。布織布は、例えば、ポリエステル100%の化学繊維で構成され、当該タオルの全体又は一部、例えば、表面には遮光性、すなわち非透光性を有する着色が施されている。さらにその着色面には複数の桜の花と花弁の柄模様が転写印刷されている。【選択図】図1
