A Beautifully Stained and Stitched Sakabukuro: Well-Used

$90.00 USD

mid twentieth century
32" x 11 3/4", 81 cm x 29.75

Sakabukuro, or sake straining bags, are beautiful boro textiles. Made of cotton saturated with green persimmon tannin, or kaki shibu, which gives the distinctive brown color, this utilitarian textile was used as a filter in the sake making process.

Crude sake, or sake lees, was placed in this bag and pressure was applied to squeeze out and filter the liquid. Repeated use required repeated mendings and we see the wonderfully odd stitches applied for this purpose.  

This bag with its dull and variegated chestnut color and its wonderful mending makes it a particularly good example of a sakabukuro so please have a good look at the detail photos which accompany this posting.  Please note the "stains" or the uneven distribution of the kaki shibu dye on the surface of this bag.

A really wonderful sakabukuro, and one of a high quality and attractiveness that is becoming more and more difficult to find.

Recommended.

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A Beautifully Stained and Stitched Sakabukuro: Well-Used
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