Tsutsugaki Futon - Mon and climbing vine kotatsugake This piece balances a blend

This piece balances a blend of what most collectors seek in boro - a visual aesthetic of artfully constructed patchwork that gives a "modernist" feel and years of wear

Sekka (snowflake) shibori baby or child's kimono

On the reverse is a repair of sashiko mending which reinforces one of its corners

Dimensions: 6" x 21"

Tsutsugaki Futon - Mon and climbing vine kotatsugake This piece balances a blendThis tsutsugaki futon cover was purchased from a Japanese collector that held an exhibit in Japan of tsutsugaki examples. The central design is of dramatic, sprawling climbing vines that are mirrored from the center of the cover. The kamon, or mon, in each of the corners is called "hise uri" and is the emblem of the Oda Clan. The Oda clan was a family of Japanese daimyos who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in