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Antique and Vintage Bags

Drawstring bags handstitched from leftover cloth were a staple of Japanese life, whether they were used for storage, for everyday errands, for transport or, in some cases, for offerings of rice to temples at festival times, these bags being called komebukuro. Here we offer antique and vintage Japanese bags of all sizes and shapes, from fancy, like komebukuro, to utilitarian.


 


A 19th Century Luxuriously Pieced Silk Bag: Gromwell Root Dyed Shibori Banding

ca. mid nineteenth century
9" x 15", 23" x 38"

This is a fabulously hand pieced bag made of... (more)



A Large Hand Pieced Drawsting Bag: Edo Period Silks

ca. mid nineteenth century
12" x 26", 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm

This large, "fancy", lined drawstring... (more)



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A Densely Sashiko Stitched Indigo Dyed Cotton Bag: Beautiful

ca. late Nineteenth, early Twentieth century
20" x 11", 51 cm x 30 cm

Dense rows of white... (more)



A Fabulous and Large Patched Hemp Horn Bag: Tsunobukuro

ca. early twentieth century
49" x 17", 125 cm x 43 cm

This is a beauty: it is a hemp fiber... (more)



A Richly Patched and Colored Komebukuro: A Pieced Drawstring Bag

ca. early to mid twentieth century
10" x 7" x 7", 25.5 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm
About 15 pieces of... (more)



A Small Pieced Silk Bag: Plum Blossom Shaped Bottom

ca. mid to late Nineteenth century
4 3/4" x 4 3/4" x 4 3/4", 12 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm

This... (more)



A Very Good Indigo Dyed Kasuri Rice Bag: Old and Fine Ikats

ca. early twentieth century
7" x 14 1/2", 18 cm x 37 cm

This drawstring bag is pieced from... (more)



A Very Rustic Botanically Dyed Hemp Komebukuro: 19th Century Rice Bag

ca. mid to late nineteenth century
8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 8 1/2", 21.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 21.5... (more)



A Vintage Komebukuro or Rice Bag: Many Kasuri Patterns and Sashko Stitching

ca. mid twentieth century
11" x 7" x 7", 28 cm x 18 cm x 18 cm

Six different patterns of hand... (more)



A Beautifully Pieced Rice Bag: Komebukuro

ca. early Twentieth century
9" x 11", 23 cm x 28 cm

This komebukuro is ingeniously piece of... (more)



A Large and Festive Pieced Komebukuro: A Beautiful Palette of Hand Woven Cottons

ca. early to mid twentieth century
11" x 9" x 9", 28 cm x 23 cm x 23 cm

Over twenty separate... (more)



A Large and Wide Komebukuro: Pieced Rice Bag

ca. mid Twentieth century
16" x 21 1/2", 41 cm x 55 cm

Komebukuro, or rice bags, are festive... (more)



A Pieced Cotton Rice Bag: Rose, Orange and Dark Stripes

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
8 1/2" x 10 1/4", 21 cm x 26 cm

This pieced cotton bag is... (more)



A Pieced Rice Bag: Komebukuro on the Bias

ca. early to mid Twentieth century
8" x 9 3/4", 20 cm x 24.5 cm

Beautifully made, this hand... (more)



An Oversized Rice Bag: Wonderfully Good Hand Loomed Cottons

ca. late Ninetenth, early Twentieth century
16 3/4" x 18 1/2", 42.5 cm x 47 cm

This bag is... (more)



A Beautifully Patched Cotton Komebukuro: Patchwork Rice Bag

ca. mid twentieth century
12" x 8" x 8", 30.5 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm

Over thirty pieces of hand... (more)



A Pieced, Drawstring Komebukuro: Many Cottons

ca. early to mid twentieth century
10" x 7" x 7", 25.5 cm x 17.5 cm x 17.5 cm

Almost 20... (more)



A Pieced Drawstring Bag: Embroidered Edo Period Silks

ca. mid to late nineteenth century
8" x 17", 20 cm x 43 cm

This is a fabulously beautiful bag... (more)



A Striped Cotton Bag: Twine Closure and Fully Lined

ca. early twentieth century
13" x 6", 33 cm x 15 cm

This is a humble and lovely little bag,... (more)



A Beautifully Pieced Komebukuro: Drawtring Bag of Hand Loomed Cottons

ca. early to mid twentieth century
10" x 8" x 8", 25.5 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm
Almost fifteen... (more)



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