Boro Noragi - Tattered Fisherman's Workcoat sashiko Beautiful variegated indigo cottons used

Beautiful variegated indigo cottons used for the sakiori ground

It also protects the stitching from exposure

The motif was adopted by the Japanese from Chinese mythology

were a common bridal trousseau item in early-modern Japan

Boro Noragi - Tattered Fisherman's Workcoat sashiko Beautiful variegated indigo cottons usedThis is a heavy, well worn indigo Japanese boro fisherman's noragi made from a wonderful assortment of layered botanical indigo dyed solid and striped cottons. This is a Japanese fisherman's boro noragi (ragged workcoat). 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, repair, and prolong the life of the jacket. The proper outside cotton has