Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Black — product view
Adult model presenting the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch at a table beside a bright window.
Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch upright on a sofa.
Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch with both hands in a tatami room.
Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Black — product view
Adult model presenting the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch at a table beside a bright window.
Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch upright on a sofa.
Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch with both hands in a tatami room.
Tomita Dyeing & Crafts Co., Ltd. SKU: BJ_P_00094

Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Black

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PRODUCT DETAILS

Edo Komon detail, shaped into a leather drawstring pouch

Handmade in Japan by Tomita Dyeing & Crafts, this black cow-leather drawstring pouch brings the fine rhythm of Edo Komon to an everyday form. The cylindrical body measures Ø155 × H210 mm and weighs 148 g. Warm brown cords, a light patterned lining, and the hand-applied surface pattern reward a closer look.

USE & APPRECIATION

A Table-Side Presentation

Gather a few personal items and bring the pouch to the table by its brown cords. Fine Edo Komon patterning across the black leather adds interest to a familiar drawstring form, making an everyday object worth a closer look.

Adult model presenting the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch at a table beside a bright window.

A Quiet Moment on the Sofa

Keep selected belongings close while you settle on the sofa. The compact cylindrical pouch sits comfortably in the hands, with its patterned lower panel bringing traditional stencil detail into a relaxed interior moment.

Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch upright on a sofa.

Held Close in a Tatami Room

Adjust the drawstrings as you settle into a quiet room. The gathered black leather and fine patterned base offer contrasting textures, turning the simple act of opening and closing a pouch into part of its appeal.

Seated adult model holding the black Edo Komon drawstring pouch with both hands in a tatami room.

OBJECT PASSPORT / CARE & USE

Care & Handling

Care panel for the cow-leather drawstring pouch: do not wash, iron, or use outdoors.

Do not wash, iron, or use outdoors.

OBJECT PASSPORT

Product details

Dimensions
155Φ×210Ｈ mm
Material
Cow leather
Product weight
148 g
Origin
Japan

Traditional Ise katagami stencils are used to create patterns on cow leather, and the work is done by hand. Individual character is part of the handmade finish. Material: cow leather. Made in Japan.
Craft Heritage

CRAFT HERITAGE

Craft Heritage

The origins of komon dyeing reach back to the Muromachi period, but the practice became widespread during the Edo period. A production center developed in Edo to dye the formal kamishimo worn by feudal lords who gathered there from across Japan.

Initially associated with samurai dress, komon spread among townspeople in the mid-Edo period and flourished under the influence of urban culture. It was worn by both men and women during the Edo period, but became exclusively women’s attire in the Meiji period.
How It’s Made

TRADITIONAL CRAFT PROCESS

How It’s Made

About the Making Process

Tokyo Some-Komon is produced in a single workshop, from preparing the colored paste through final drying.
An approximately 20-centimeter stencil is placed repeatedly along a bolt of white fabric about 12 meters long, with precise alignment required to create an uninterrupted fine pattern.
To reproduce the carver's design accurately, the dyer monitors the condition of the fabric, stencil, and paste throughout the process.

1. Carving the Stencil
  • Two or three sheets of handmade washi are laminated with persimmon tannin to create the stencil paper.
  • The carver cuts the intricate pattern using awls, small knives, and specially made carving tools.
2. Preparing the Colored Paste
  • Glutinous rice flour, rice bran, and a small amount of salt are mixed, steamed, and kneaded into a base paste. Dyes are then added.
  • The base color and pattern color are adjusted through repeated test dyeing.
3. Applying the Stencil Paste
  • White silk is stretched taut across a long, solid fir board. A cypress spatula is used to press resist paste through the stencil.
  • The stencil is repositioned along an approximately 12-meter bolt by aligning tiny registration points called okuriboshi. Its moisture is carefully controlled because drying can alter the stencil’s dimensions and disrupt the alignment.
4. Drying on the Board
  • The resist paste is dried while the fabric remains attached to the board. For multicolored designs, the stencil application is repeated.
5. Ground-Color Dyeing (Shigoki)
  • Once the resist is dry, the fabric is removed from the board and ground-color dye paste is spread evenly across the surface with a large spatula.
6. Steaming
  • Before the dye paste dries, the fabric is steamed at 90–100°C for approximately 15–30 minutes to set the color.
7. Washing
  • The steamed fabric is thoroughly rinsed to remove the resist paste and excess dye.
8. Drying and Finishing
  • The fabric is dried, returned to its proper width through a steam-finishing process called yu-noshi, and carefully inspected.
Meet the Maker

MEET THE MAKER

Meet the Maker

MAKER · WASEDA, TOKYO

Patterns That Reveal Themselves Slowly

At its Waseda workshop, Tomita Dyeing & Crafts continues Tokyo Some Komon and Edo Sarasa using Ise *katagami* stencils, while also applying its dyeing knowledge to accessories and objects for contemporary life.

Atsushi Tomita standing at the entrance of Tomita Dyeing & Crafts in Tokyo.
Atsushi Tomita, Fifth Generation

For Atsushi Tomita, dyeing was part of daily life long before it became his profession. From childhood, his mornings began alongside the workshop’s resident craftspeople, cleaning the garden and workspaces before school; after class, he returned to help with the family trade. He later worked for a women’s apparel company, then came home to the workshop at age 31. In 2006, he became its fifth-generation president.

That path—rooted in the workshop but informed by the wider world of fashion—still shapes his approach. Tomita carries forward inherited skill while looking for new patterns, colors, and forms that make Tokyo dyeing meaningful now.

A Workshop Shaped by Tokyo

The workshop was founded in Asakusa in 1882 and moved upstream to Waseda in 1914, when dye houses were seeking the cleaner water of the Kanda River. There, generations of makers have practiced Tokyo Some Komon and Edo Sarasa using Ise katagami stencils.

Tokyo Some Komon rewards a closer look: what first appears to be a quiet field of color resolves into an extraordinarily fine repeating pattern. Edo Sarasa builds a different kind of depth, layering motifs and color through successive hand processes. In both, the result depends on more than a design. It depends on how a stencil is placed, how paste and dye are prepared, and how consistently the maker works across a length of cloth.

Tradition, Kept Alive Through Use

Tomita does not see continuity as repetition. Through the workshop’s SARAKICHI line, inherited dyeing knowledge has moved beyond kimono into accessories and objects for contemporary life. The purpose is not to make tradition look new for its own sake, but to let the qualities that made it endure—restraint, wit, rhythm, and exacting handwork—remain useful and felt.
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