AE-0940 Guide to Bag Crafting, Handicrafts and Sewing Textbook, Taisho 1 (1912) Antique Japanese Book
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Start Buying from JapanA rare Taisho era publication from 1912 (Taisho 1), this volume, titled "袋物細工の枝折" (A Guide to Pouch and Bag Craft), opens a window into fukuromono saiku, the traditional Japanese art of handcrafting pouches and small decorative bags.
This historical printed volume serves as an authentic textbook for traditional needlework, costume design, and handicrafts. Its pages contain photographs and printed reference materials detailing classical bag-making techniques from the early twentieth century. As a secondhand item over a century old, it shows natural signs of age consistent with its history.
Fukuromono represents a rich tradition of Japanese textile crafts, where functional pouches were made with exquisite attention to pattern and form.
“Shiori of Bag-Making Crafts,” a Japanese-style sewing and handicraft textbook on decorative bag-making. Printed in the first year of the Taisho era (1912), with photographs and reference material.
