japan doesn’t have a historical quilt culture - not in the same way my mennonite ancestors did at least. people in japan have been using blankets with stuffing / batting for several hundred years, but only in the last 300 years did it become the kakebuton. historically, blankets may have been made by stitching layers of fabric together similarly to quilts. today in japan, the words for quilting and quilt are all borrowed english words. the most common being パッチワーク / patchwork. #quilt #掛け布団 #blan