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Vogie
2017-07-03, 10:34 AM
I was just introduced to Ruroni Kenshin a bit ago, and finally saw the live-action trilogy.

I noticed that people in this world, when walking about, will often keep things stored in a sort of backpack/fanny pack thing on their lower backs. It's something subtle, and hard to find pictures of when I don't know how best to describe it. Here's a screencap of Himura Kenshin wearing one, on the left.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max1000x1500/cms/news/71751/news_large_misaoaa1a4484.jpg

Does anyone know what these are called? Are they products in & of themselves? Or are they more of a style of folding cloth for a specific purpose (like furoshiki)?

Vogie
2017-07-07, 11:04 AM
Single Bump for the weekend crowd