Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket noragi In overall very good condition

In overall very good condition

These drawstring bags were typically used to carry offerings of rice to Japanese temples or shrines

The detailed photographs here illustrate how the outer surface had been abraded in several areas to reveal the layer beneath

both of which could have been easily been removed to be mended

Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket noragi In overall very good conditionThis 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