Antique and Vintage Bags
Drawstring bags hand stitched from leftover cloth were a staple of Japanese life, whether they were used for storage, for everyday errands, for transport or, in some cases, for offerings of rice to temples at festival times, these ritual offering bags being called komebukuro. Here we offer antique and vintage Japanese bags of all sizes and shapes, from fancy, like komebukuro, to utilitarian.
A Deerskin Bag from the Edo Period: dated Ansei 6 or 1860
dated 186020" x 7 3/4", 51 cm x 19.5 cm This is a bag tha... (more)
An Oversized Drawstring Bag: Pieced Old Cottons and Mending
early twentieth centuryas shown: 16" x 16" x 16", 40.5 cm... (more)
A Scrappy Patched and Mended Komebukuro: Rice Bag of Pieced Cottons
early twentieth century10 1/2" x 9" x 9", 26.5 cm x 23 cm... (more)
A Rustic Woven Hemp Bag: Rough Twined Cord
late nineteenth, early twentieth century21 3/4" x 10", 55... (more)