{"product_id":"japanese-knot-bag","title":"Japanese Knot Bag","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJapanese knot bag in a printed cloth, one handle pulled through the other\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo handles, one longer than the other, and a knot. This is the Japanese knot bag: a soft body in a printed cloth with two handles rising from it, one short and one long, and the long one is pulled through the short one to close the bag and carry it. There is no clasp and no zip; the handle is the closure. It comes in eight prints; the photographs show six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the small bag of a summer festival, carried with a yukata, and it is the bag in the shop that people learn to close by watching someone else do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the plain English one for the shape, and the Japanese shape is older than the name: it is the bag of the Edo period, sewn from a kimono offcut, and it has not changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe body is a printed cloth with a little body, lined in a plain cloth, with the handles cut as part of the body rather than sewn on, so the bag is one piece folded and seamed. The long handle is about twice the length of the short one, which is what lets it pass through and hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry it by the long handle, over a wrist or in a hand, with the short handle holding it closed, and it hangs as a soft pouch. It takes a phone, a purse, a fan and keys, which is what it is for. With a yukata it is the right bag; with a summer dress it is the interesting one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prints are the prints of the range: red with cats and fans, blue with waves, light blue with koi, navy with cats, wine with gold flowers, navy with daruma and coins. The cloth is the same weight on all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knot is the detail: the long handle passes through the short one and the weight of the bag pulls it tight, so the bag closes itself, and it opens by lifting the long handle out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a small printed pouch with a handle. From close the print shows its motifs, the handles their difference, and the seam its single line. It is the bag for a yukata and for a person who wants a bag that is a piece of cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand wash cool and dry flat; iron on the reverse on low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size. The body is the size of a large hand spread, and it holds a phone, a small purse and a fan. It is cut to Japanese sizing, which for a bag means small; it is a festival bag, not a day bag.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"1","offer_id":59207742685532,"sku":"14:691#13","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2","offer_id":59207742718300,"sku":"14:29#25","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3","offer_id":59207742751068,"sku":"14:1254#8","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4","offer_id":59207742783836,"sku":"14:173#7","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5","offer_id":59207742816604,"sku":"14:193#6","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6","offer_id":59207742849372,"sku":"14:350850#11","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"7","offer_id":59207742882140,"sku":"14:100018786#10","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8","offer_id":59207742914908,"sku":"14:365458#9","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-knot-bag-1.jpg?v=1790585359","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/japanese-knot-bag","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}