Boroboroton
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The Boroboroton is a tsukumogami yōkai, and is believed to be evil and dangerous to humans.
Boroboroton as depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋).
Child's shikibuton, late 1800s. Boroboro (patchwork) held together with over-all quilting stitching; see sashiko.
Sashiko
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Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relatively cheap nature of white cotton th
Detail of a mid-19th-century kimono decorated using sashiko, with white cotton threads on an indigo-dyed plain weave background (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
An assortment of sashiko designs
Reversible Fireman's Coat with Interlocking Circles, Chinese Characters and Ginkgo Leaves LACMA M.2000.78