Antique and Vintage Bags
Drawstring bags hand stitched 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 ritual offering bags being called komebukuro. Here we offer antique and vintage Japanese bags of all sizes and shapes, from fancy, like komebukuro, to utilitarian.
A Hemp Fiber Tsunobukuro or Horn Bag: Rice Storage
early twentieth century62" x 15 1/2", 157.5 cm x 39.25 cm... (more)
A Stunningly Repaired Hemp Bag: Expert Mending
early twentieth century19 1/4" x 12 1/2", 49 cm x 32 cm T... (more)
A Large, Pieced Cotton Drawstring Bag: Patches on the Bias
alate nineteenth, early twentieth century12" x 12" x 12",... (more)
A Tattered Rustic Hemp Cloth Bag: Heavy and Dense Bast Fiber Stitched Repair
early twentieth century31" x 9 1/2", 78.75 cm x 24 cmThis... (more)
A Good-Sized Komebukuro: Piece Constructed "Rice Bag"
early to mid twentieth century12 1/2" x 10" x 10", 32 cm ... (more)
A Well-Worn Tsunobukuro: Rustic Bast Fiber Cloth Horn Bag
early twentieth century27" x 13", 68.5 cm x 33 cm This is... (more)
A Deerskin Bag from the Edo Period: dated Ansei 6 or 1860
dated 186020" x 7 3/4", 51 cm x 19.5 cm This is a bag tha... (more)
An Oversized Drawstring Bag: Pieced Old Cottons and Mending
early twentieth centuryas shown: 16" x 16" x 16", 40.5 cm... (more)