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The Japan Blue Color of Aizome / Tokyo Pic

An antique Japanese boro futonji from our collection 

Boro sodenashi or work vest 

An antique komebukuro made from hemp, used to carry offerings of rice to Japanese temples or shrines.

Antique Japanese boro noragi or workwear jacket. Meiji era. 

Japanese ranru - boro futonji

An antique Japanese boro futon - indigo, stripes, and lattices

An antique Japanese sashiko furoshiki or wrapping cloth. 

Boro tsutsugaki futon cover—adorned with tea whisk, water ladle, brazier, sumi brush, feather broom and other tea ceremony items

A starry indigo boro futon fragment 

A heavily patched antique Japanese boro futon cover 

Antique Japanese boro futon with fragments of sashiko stitched furoshiki, or wrapping cloth.