{"product_id":"a-wonderful-cotton-komebukuro-arranged-pieces-on-the-bias","title":"A Wonderful Cotton Komebukuro: Arranged Pieces on the Bias","description":"\u003cp\u003eca. mid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e\n11\" x 9 1\/2\" x 9 1\/2\", 28 cm x 24 cm x 24 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kind of piece-constructed, drawstring bag is often referred to as a \u003ci\u003ekomebukuro\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKomebukuro\u003c\/i\u003e\n are bags that were used to bring token offerings of uncooked rice or \nbeans to a temple or shrine festival, the piecing and patching often \nbeing thought-out and planned, for festive effect.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bag, which is of good size, is composed of about ten separate pieces of cotton showing a variety of about five different cottons.  The initial appeal of this bag is that the cotton pieces are arranged on the bias, which gives a gentle sense of motion to the bag and its construction.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bag is partially lined in blue-on-white \u003ci\u003ekatazome \u003c\/i\u003ecloth and shows a lovely, purple color cotton cord which is laced through a cord of the same weight which is dyed green.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular bag may or may not be this kind of bag--it may have \nbeen intended to be used as an \"everyday\" or utilitarian bag--but its \nappeal is instant and it is a really lovely thing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\nA really marvelous bag, and object that recalls the spirit of old Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56741950194036,"sku":"zyw1794052513306","price":60.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/4763\/4292\/files\/a-wonderful-cotton-komebukuro-arranged-pieces-on-the-bias_1.jpg?v=1794052519","url":"https:\/\/feathertrimmedclad.shop\/products\/a-wonderful-cotton-komebukuro-arranged-pieces-on-the-bias","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}