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Item
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Cotton Komebukuro Patchwork Bag
Boro Rice Bag, Hand Sewn The Finest Example of a Very Old Komebukuro That I've Ever Acquired See our "Japanese Textile History" for our narrative about these charming folk textiles |
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Age
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Early to mid 1900s
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Size
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Large Size (laid flat)
24 X 14 inches 63 X 35 cm Medium-Heavy Weight Fabrics |
| Other | The hand stiched Japanese writing (kanji) says Kita Machi (town in Ishikawa Prefecture) and the persons's name, Okuno-san. Handmade cord, see last photo |
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Condition
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Good Patchwork Condition
Great variety of fabrics: stripes, kasuri, tsutsugaki in indigos and some browns |
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