Antique folk garments
Antique Sample Books and Ledgers
Asa Textiles: Hemp and Ramie
Boro textiles
Buddhist Pilgrim's coats
Katagami
Katazome Textiles
Kesa and Other Buddhist Textiles
Sakiori
Sashiko
Shibori
Tsutsugaki
Various Folk Textiles and Other 

Asa Textiles: Hemp and Ramie

Asa is the general term used for bast fiber cloth woven from plants such as ramie, hemp, linden, wisteria, nettle, kudzu, etc. Asa is akin to linen.

A Large, Undyed Asa Kimono: Hemp in an Open Weave

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
49" x 50", 125 cm x 127 cm

A big, wonderful, hemp kimono,... (more)



Patched, Indigo Dyed Hemp Work Pants: Tatsuke

ca. late Ninteenth, early Twentieth century
31" x 18", 79 cm x 46 cm

Wonderfully faded and... (more)



Katazome Dyed Hemp Pieces: Indigo Geometry

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
3 1/4 yards x 14 1/2", 2.9 m x 37 cm

Stencil dyed, this is... (more)



An Large Indigo Dyed Asa Furoshiki: Five Panels

ca. early Twentieth century
59 1/2" x 65", 151 cm x 166 cm

This is a large, wonderfully... (more)



An Indigo Dyed Asa Noragi: Striped Cotton Gussets and Kasuri Trim

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
29" x 40 1/2", 74 cm x 103 cm

This is a wonderful folk... (more)



Unavailable products

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A Great Swath of Gradiant Blue Asakaya: Hemp Mosquito Netting

probably mid-to-late 20th century
76" x 94", 193 cm x 239 cm

A gorgeous, large area of hemp... (more)



A Child's Asa Kimono

ca. mid-Twentieth century
30" x 31", 77" x 78"

A charming child's kimono--entirely hand... (more)



An Asakaya in Miniature: A Mosquito Net Maquette

ca. 1900-1930
14" x 7" x 5", 35.5 cm x 18 cm x 12.5 cm

This highly unusual, miniaturized... (more)



An Indigo Dyed Asa Kasuri Boro Kimono: Hemp Cloth

ca. late Nineteenth century
51" x 45", 129 cm x 115 cm

This is a boro, or patched and mended,... (more)



Edo Period 'komon' Asa Kimono, Unlined

ca. 1860
57 1/4" x 46", 145 cm x 117 cm

This is a gorgeously detailed kimono from the final... (more)



An Okuso Maekake: An Apron Woven from Hemp "Debris"

ca. 1920, early Twentieth century
26 1/2" x 29", 67 cm x 74 cm

Okuso is a scarce and very... (more)



A Katazome Dyed Asa Noragi: Akita Shibori Sleeves

ca. early Twentieth century
36" x 43", 92 cm x 109 cm

Seemingly unused, this noragi,... (more)



A Boro Asakaya: Mosquito Netting

ca. early Twentieth century
62" x 25", 157.5 cm x 63.5 cm

This is a very boro asakaya... (more)



A Crepe Ramie Unlined Hanten: Katazome

ca. early Twentieth century
31" x 48", 79 cm x 122 cm

This is an unusual garment. It is made... (more)



A Pair of Hemp or Ramie Tsunobukuro or 'Horn Bags'

ca. 1950
29" x 17 1/2", 74 cm x 44.5 cm; 46" x 16 1/2", 117 cm x 42 cm

Not a matched pair,... (more)



'Boro' Asakaya Panels

ca. 1935

Two Panels measuring 84" x 12 1/4", 213.5 cm x 31 cm
One Panel measuring 66" x 12... (more)



A Bolt of Asa and Homespun Silk: 6 Yards

ca. mid Twentieth century
6 yards x 14", 5.5 meters x 36 cm

A wonderful length of hand woven... (more)



A Patched Asakaya Panel: Overdyed Indigo

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
68" x 13", 173 cm x 33 cm

Wonderfully coarsely yet laxly... (more)



A Length of Striped Asakaya: Hemp Mosquito Netting

ca. early Twentieth century
76" x 13", 193 cm x 33 cm

Beautiful hemp or ramie (asa)... (more)



A Sample Book:Asa Kasuri Designs

ca. early Twentieth century
3 3/4" x 7" x 1/2", 9.5 cm x 18 cm x 1.5 cm

There are sixteen... (more)




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