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| Item | Cotton Hand Repaired Boro Sakabukuro Sake Bag Hand loomed, Hand Made, (See our Japanese Textile History Page to Read About Sakabukuro) |
Age |
Early to Mid 1900s
Found at an old sake distillery. |
| Fabric | Cotton fabric
lightly saturated with kakishibu. Somewhat stiff because of several kakishibu immersions. |
Size |
10 X 29 inches 25 X 73 cm Heavy Weight, Thick Fabric |
Condition |
Boro Condition, many hand sewn repairs.
Three, 2 ~ 3 inch rips, see photos. Wonderful example of Buddhist / Japanese concept of not wasting anything that can be repaired and used again. |
| Comment | Fabulous example of the effort in which the Japanese sake brewers took to extend the life of each precious sake bag. Labor was obviously less expensive than purchasing a new bag. These sakaburo have been repaired many times. |
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