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Boro: Rags and Tatters from the Far North of Japan
Edited by Yukiko Koide and Kyoichi Tsuzuki. “Boro” refers to mended, patchwork fabrics from Japan. Previously associated with shame and humbleness, these beautiful assortments of fabrics came to have their own aesthetic significance both inside and outside Japan today. The poor farmers of this region, out of desperate necessity, created an astonishing textile out of boro-mere rags. Boro became “survival” and any scraps of old cloth were coveted. The smallest snippets were saved and re-used over and over until the rags finally turned to ash and returned to the soil. Work jackets to bedding, were stitched, layered and repaired over and over. This cultural heritage survived and is now revered. The boro in this book is taken from the collection of Chuzaburo Tanaka, 75 years old, who was born in Aomori prefecture and has been dedicated to ethnological field work in the region.
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