Furoshiki' has been reassessed recently due allegedly to its flexibility and unrestrictedness indicated by the facts that, as compared with bags and so on introduced from abroad, it can be used to wrap up things freely without being restricted by sizes and shapes of things to be wrapped, it can be folded up to reduce its size and it is lightweight, and due to its possible contribution to environmental protection.
西洋渡来の鞄などに比べ、包むものの大小・形状に囚われることなく変幻自在に包むことができること、包むものが無い時には畳んでかなり小さくすることができて軽量であることなど、その融通性・自在性が、環境問題への貢献とともに、「風呂敷」が近年見直されている点であると考えられる。