Nyohoe Kesa, Sewing the Buddha's robe

A GUIDE FOR SEWING THE RAKUSU ON LINE For the very first time, a guide to sewing the rakusu is now available on internet thanks to Jundo Coh...

the birds have vanished in the sky and now the last cloud drains away we sit together, the mountain and I until only the mountain remain...

I have decided to start a new kesa. I am busy collecting scraps of old Japanese kimonos and other fabrics to sew a nine stripes Funzoe kesa ...

Here they are, Here she is.

Betsy Sterling Benjamin in front of one of her kesa As I was having a rest in my begging round at the foot of Gingakuji Mountain, I noticed ...

I am now in Japan. In Kyoto. Won't be working on technical aspects of kesa sewing for a while. I am just busy doing very little, takuhat...

I just wanted to let you know about a very good interview with Françoise Laurent, a highly regarded authority on kesa sewing of the sangha o...