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

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

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

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

A Rustic Woven Hemp Bag: Rough Twined Cord

late nineteenth, early twentieth century21 3/4" x 10", 55... (more)

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