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.
An Edo Period Deer Leather Bag: Smoked and Stencil Resisted
aearly to mid nineteenth century17" x 8", 43 cm x 20 cm T... (more)
A Massive Piece Constructed Drawstring Bag: Bats in Kasuri
early twentieth centuryas shown: 11" x 18" x 18", 28 cm x... (more)
A Good Sized Sashiko Stitched Bag: Indigo Dyed Cotton
late nineteenth, early twentieth century29" x 11 1/2", 74... (more)
A Hemp Fiber Tsunobukuro or Horn Bag: Rice Storage
early twentieth century62" x 15 1/2", 157.5 cm x 39.25 cm... (more)
A Large, Pieced Cotton Drawstring Bag: Patches on the Bias
alate nineteenth, early twentieth century12" x 12" x 12",... (more)
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)