A Small Indigo and Brown Komebukuro: Wonderful Cloth

ca. mid twentieth century
8" x 7" x 7", 20 cm x 17 cm x 17 cm

This lovely drawstring bag is sewn from about thirteen pieces of old, hand loomed Japanese cottons, a mixture of lovely, old indigo dyed kasuri and subtle brown striped and checked cottons, predominately.

The bag is of a nice size; the cotton drawstring is original to the bag.

This kind of piece-constructed, drawstring bag is often referred to as a komebukuro.  Komebukuro are bags that were used to bring token offerings of uncooked rice or beans to a temple or shrine festival, the piecing and patching often being thought-out and planned, for festive effect.

A marvelous, old bag, and object that recalls the spirit of old Japan.