BEIGE COLORED ZANSHI ORI PATCHED FUTON COVER
Japan
Cotton
60.5″ x 38″
Japanese boro are highly collectible for good reason. They express the core value of a culture that honors age and aging, and which recognizes that the loving use of a material thing, including the repairs made along the way, increases its beauty. The finer examples, such as this one, elevate utilitarian objects to the level of art.
This is a summery zanshi ori or “leftover yarn weaving”, made from patched fragments of varying patterns.