Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket noragi This particular jacket has applied

This particular jacket has applied indigo dyed cotton sleeves and collar

The detailed photographs here illustrate how the outer surface had been abraded in several areas to reveal the layer beneath

Kanji is stitched into one of the corners

" which means to tear or rip up

Okuso-zakkuri - Woven Hemp Waste Fiber Jacket noragi This particular jacket has appliedThis is an okuso zakkuri; For those serious about Japanese folk textiles, the fiber called okuso is an important one to know about because it embodies everything relevant about rural life, primarily the concept of mottainai which cautions not to waste a thing. It is also a prized cloth among connoisseurs of Japanese country textiles. Before rural Japanese could obtain cotton or silk, people made threads from tree and grass bast fibers. Hemp was used