{"product_id":"a-short-boro-sakabukuro-cut-top","title":"A Short Boro Sakabukuro: Cut Top","description":"\u003cp\u003emid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e20\" x 9\", 50.75 cm x 23 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSakabukuro\u003c\/i\u003e, or sake straining bags, are usually made of cotton which has been saturated with green persimmon tannin, or\u003ci\u003e kaki shibu,\u003c\/i\u003e which gives the distinctive brown color.  This utilitarian textile was used in sake making.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrude sake, or sake lees, was placed in this bag and pressure was applied to squeeze out and filter the liquid. Repeated use required repeated mending. and we see the wonderfully odd stitches applied for this purpose.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful bag is made of pliable, lightweight cotton whose brown color is from the application of green persimmon tannin or \u003cem\u003ekaki shibu\u003c\/em\u003e as it is called.  The mending stitches are wonderfully artful and are plenty, which is a desirable attribute in such sake filters.  Please know that the original top of this\u003cem\u003e sakabukuro\u003c\/em\u003e was cut off, so this example is shorter than it was when it was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill, a wonderful example of a \u003cem\u003esakabukuro.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecommended.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53212231368991,"sku":"ids1794056696912","price":31.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/4304\/8991\/files\/a-short-boro-sakabukuro-cut-top_1.jpg?v=1794056710","url":"https:\/\/busstopfit.shop\/products\/a-short-boro-sakabukuro-cut-top","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}