07. Koromo of Kudzu-fu | KantoiSome kudzu fabric attached to a bronze mirror from the early Kofun period was excavated from the Shobugaura-Kofun Tumulus in Dazaifu, Kyushu Prefecture. This is considered to be the oldest Kudzu cloth in Japan. Several references to kudzu can be found in Manyoshu (Ten Thousands Leaves - the first major anthology of early Japanese poetry). Kudzu was worn as clothing as early as the Nara period (710-794 AD).
