Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Natural
Natural leather drawstring pouch held up by a person beside a bright window.
Person using both hands to draw the cords of the natural leather pouch closed.
Natural leather pouch resting on a lap in a quiet living room.
Natural leather drawstring pouch held by a seated person in a Japanese-style room.
A hand placing a slim card holder into the open natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch on an entryway console.
Open natural leather Edo Komon pouch viewed from above, showing its pale blue patterned lining and round base.
Close view of the pale blue-and-white Edo Komon patterned band, leather grain, seam, and drawstring knot on the natural pouch.
A seated model on a sofa adjusting the cords of the natural leather Edo Komon pouch on her lap.
A model carrying the natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch at her side in a green garden.
Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Natural
Natural leather drawstring pouch held up by a person beside a bright window.
Person using both hands to draw the cords of the natural leather pouch closed.
Natural leather pouch resting on a lap in a quiet living room.
Natural leather drawstring pouch held by a seated person in a Japanese-style room.
A hand placing a slim card holder into the open natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch on an entryway console.
Open natural leather Edo Komon pouch viewed from above, showing its pale blue patterned lining and round base.
Close view of the pale blue-and-white Edo Komon patterned band, leather grain, seam, and drawstring knot on the natural pouch.
A seated model on a sofa adjusting the cords of the natural leather Edo Komon pouch on her lap.
A model carrying the natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch at her side in a green garden.
Tomita Dyeing & Crafts Co., Ltd. SKU: BJ_P_00095

Edo Komon Drawstring Pouch, Natural

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PRODUCT DETAILS

Natural leather, patterned with a quiet Tokyo rhythm

Natural cow leather gives this drawstring pouch a warm, softly structured form, while a pale blue-and-white Tokyo Some-Komon pattern wraps the lower panel. At 155 millimeters in diameter and 210 millimeters high, the pouch is sized for selected personal items. Open the gathered top to see the patterned lining and construction more closely.

USE & APPRECIATION

Gather a few essentials before leaving

Gather a few personal essentials in one place before your day begins. Natural leather gives the pouch a warm presence on a console, while the pale patterned lower panel adds detail to a useful, compact form.

A hand placing a slim card holder into the open natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch on an entryway console.

Open it and follow the pattern within

Open the gathered top when arranging your belongings and enjoy the pattern continuing inside. The light lining offers a different view of the pouch, adding interest to the everyday act of finding and putting away small items.

Open natural leather Edo Komon pouch viewed from above, showing its pale blue patterned lining and round base.

Read the fine pattern at close range

Take a closer look as you reach for the pouch. Fine pale patterning contrasts with the natural leather's surface, giving a modest everyday object detail that reveals itself at hand distance.

Close view of the pale blue-and-white Edo Komon patterned band, leather grain, seam, and drawstring knot on the natural pouch.

A clear first impression by the window

Bring the pouch into soft indoor light before setting it beside you. Warm leather and the pale patterned base create a gentle contrast, making the compact form easy to pair with simple clothing and natural textures.

Natural leather drawstring pouch held up by a person beside a bright window.

Closing the gathered top

Draw the cords together after arranging a few personal items. The soft upper leather gathers above the patterned cylindrical base, allowing the act of closing the pouch to reveal its changing shape.

Person using both hands to draw the cords of the natural leather pouch closed.

Held close in a living room

Keep a few belongings close during a relaxed pause in the living room. The pouch's warm leather and pale pattern sit naturally against simple fabrics, adding a personal detail without demanding a formal setting.

Natural leather pouch resting on a lap in a quiet living room.

Adjusting the Cords on the Sofa

Take a moment on the sofa to adjust the cords and open the pouch. Its gathered top and softly structured body make the form responsive to the hands, with pattern adding pleasure to an ordinary gesture.

A seated model on a sofa adjusting the cords of the natural leather Edo Komon pouch on her lap.

A calm interior setting

Settle into a quiet room with selected belongings gathered beside you. The natural leather pouch keeps a compact presence in the lap, while its patterned base gives an everyday accessory a distinct character.

Natural leather drawstring pouch held by a seated person in a Japanese-style room.

Seen Against the Garden

Notice how the warm leather and pale patterned base stand out against greenery in this view. For everyday use, keep the pouch in a dry indoor setting, where its compact silhouette can add the same gentle accent to simple clothing.

A model carrying the natural leather Edo Komon drawstring pouch at her side in a green garden.

OBJECT PASSPORT / CARE & USE

Care & Handling

Care panel for the cow leather pouch: do not launder, dishwash, iron, heat, refrigerate, freeze, or use outdoors.

Do not launder, place in a dishwasher, iron, heat in a microwave or oven, use on an induction cooktop, refrigerate, freeze, or use outdoors.

OBJECT PASSPORT

Product details

Dimensions
155Φ×210Ｈ mm
Material
Cow leather
Product weight
159 g
Origin
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.

Person standing outside the Tomita Dyeing & Crafts workshop beside its noren sign.
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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