No color is truly uniform.

Some colors can only be made by time.

This is a piece of antique Japanese cotton fabric, carefully unstitched from a futon cover that was used daily in a Showa-era household. The natural fade along the upper section is not damage — it is decades of domestic life, absorbed into the cloth. No dye process, no artificial aging technique can replicate what time does to fabric.

Japanese vintage textiles — particularly boro (襤褸) and everyday working cloth from the Showa period — have gained significant recognition in Europe and North America in recent years. As global interest in slow fashion and handmade culture continues to grow, antique Japanese fabric like this is actively sought by collectors, textile artists, and makers worldwide. This is not nostalgia. It is a material with a documented, growing market.

Because it is solid — no pattern, no print — this fabric works with everything. Use it as a base cloth for patchwork or boro repair, as lining for a bag or jacket, as the foundation of a slow-fashion garment. Solid vintage cotton in this scale (205×100cm / 80.7×39.4 in) is genuinely difficult to source. That is the quiet strength of this piece.

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■ Product Details

・Material: Cotton
・Era: Early to Mid Showa Period (approx. 1930s–1960s)
・Size: 205×100cm / 80.7×39.4 in
・Color: Green with natural fade

■ Condition

Natural fade and color variation from decades of use. Pin holes present. No structural issues. Press with an iron to smooth wrinkles.

Hand-washed twice before shipping. A faint vintage scent may remain — this is characteristic of aged cloth and will diminish with washing.

Shipped compressed; some wrinkling may occur in transit.

This is a one-of-a-kind antique item. All sales are final. No returns or exchanges.

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