ca. early twentieth century
21" x 45", 53.5 cm x 114 cm

This long, boro textile is an indigo dyed kasuri, hemp cloth koshimaki, which is a kind of "half slip" worn beneath a country kimono.

The particular one is an appealing boro textile, made so by its artful placement of the fourteen cotton and hemp patches over the nicely faded indigo dyed base cloth which is woven from hemp and dyed in the thread resist or kasuri (ikat) method.

The patches are layered and are hand-sewn; have a look at the accompanying detail photos to see the reverse side of this koshimaki which shows the fissures and tears to the piece which the patches cover and mend. Please note that one of the two ties to this koshimaki is missing.

This boro garment is rich in color, composition and old cloth, and it an extremely lovely boro textile.

Recommended.