30. Hemp work coat, hemp work top with Hakkaku-Shinka embroidery and hemp work wrapped skirtHemp work clothes recalling the texture of antique okuso clothes. Okuso are the waste fibers from the production of asa (hemp) threads. Okuso were used in times when cotton was precious, especially in northern regions such as Tohoku. Piping along sleeves, pocket opening and the hem. Kicho-musubi (Japanese traditional tying technique) at the slitted part.
