Komebukuro - hemp katazome patchwork bag stripe The katazome fabric employs a

The katazome fabric employs a pattern of kiku or chrysanthemum flowers

The jacket is made from a wonderful assortment of indigo dyed cottons which have been layered and held together with hundreds of sashiko stitches to reinforce

There is a small loss to one of the sleeves

Would make for a wonderful statement piece framed or displayed as is

Komebukuro - hemp katazome patchwork bag stripe The katazome fabric employs aRustic piecework komebukuro with indigo katazome on hemp. These drawstring bags were typically used to carry offerings of rice to Japanese temples or shrines. The word literally means rice (kome) bag (bukuro). Early 1900's