{"product_id":"a-patched-sakabukuro-sake-making-filter","title":"A Patched Sakabukuro: Sake Making Filter","description":"\u003cp\u003eearly to mid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e28 1\/2\" x 8 1\/2\", 72.5 cm x 21.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSakabukuro\u003c\/i\u003e, or sake straining bags, are beautiful textiles. Made of cotton which is saturated with green persimmon tannin, or\u003ci\u003e kaki shibu \u003c\/i\u003ethis utilitarian textile was used in sake making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrude sake, or sake lees, was placed in this bag and pressure was applied to squeeze out and filter the liquid. Repeated use required repeated mending and we see the wonderful stitches applied for this purpose.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a nice example of a\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esakabukuro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand it shows beautiful mending in the form of two boldly placed patches in two different tones of brown. With the base fabric, there are three tones of \u003cem\u003ekaki shibu \u003c\/em\u003eto be seen on this simple and attractive sake filter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a handsome \u003ci\u003esakabukuro\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewith appealing mending.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45519967977658,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9422\/files\/Saaaaka53.jpg?v=1768924491","url":"https:\/\/www.srithreads.com\/products\/a-patched-sakabukuro-sake-making-filter","provider":"Sri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}