A beautiful, soft, rinzu silk, antique haori; extra long, with extra deep sleeves. The length and the soft silk were very popular in the first quarter of the 20th century. It has a butterfly mon (crest). Some of the tachibana design is woven in urushi (Japanese lacquer) covered silk thread, some of it is velvet. The fabric has flower lozenge pattern woven into it.
Any large white stitches on this haori are just shitsuke (large, loose, white, basting stitches). The Japanese put these in to keep the edges neat during storage; they are easy to remove and just get pulled out before wearing
Made and bought in Japan
In Japan, haori are not normally worn with a sash or belt, they are worn loosely, on top of a kimono and obi, but they also look great with a belt and with western world clothing
Type:
A Japanese haori, a long jacket, with swinging sleeves, traditionally worn over a Japanese kimono
Hitotsu mon. Garments with mon (crests) are divided into three types: itsutsu-mon (5 mon), mitsu-mon (3 mon) and hitotsu-mon (1 mon). The more mon it has, the more formal the occasion it may be worn at
Awahe (fully lined)
Silk

Condition:
Excellent

Measurements:
Haori:
Sleeve end to sleeve end: 135cm
Sleeve seam to sleeve seam: 67cm
Length: 90cm
Weight about 0.75 kilo

Sizing:
Japanese clothing is usually of adjustable fit, being mostly wrap-over or tie-to-fit items, so most garments fit a range of sizes. Because of this (and only really knowing my own size anyway) I can't really advise anyone on the fit. Please judge fit from the measurements given.Measure from centre back of neck, along shoulder and down the arm to the wrist, then double that and compare it with the sleeve end measurement to judge sleeve length. You can get a rough idea of the length and size, as most haori are roughly the same size, from the photos further down this page, below this haori’s photos, where you can see some modelled by a UK size 10 woman who is 155cm (5’ 1”) tall and about 125 cm from wrist to wrist.