Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket antique Mid 1900's

Mid 1900's

Japanese hemp tsuno-bukuro

Width: 56"

Heavily patched boro noragi displays years of use

these types of bags were used to transport or store grains in old Japan

Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket antique Mid 1900'sThis is an okuso zakkuri; For those serious about Japanese folk textiles, the fiber called okuso is an important one to know about because it embodies everything relevant about rural life, primarily the concept of mottainai which cautions not to waste a thing. It is also a prized cloth among connoisseurs of Japanese country textiles. Before rural Japanese could obtain cotton or silk, people made threads from tree and grass bast fibers. Hemp was used