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Beautiful & Rare Kimono
  • More photos HERE
  • A truly magnificent, greyish-mauve, silk kimono, with the most wonderful procession scenes around the bottom. A rare find. This kimono will have cost many, many thousands of pounds when new.
  • The textile artwork is continued onto the hakkake (lower lining), which is called tomohakkake. This is done on the most expensive kimonos, as hand applied textile art is very expensive and one has to be rich to have it applied not only to the outside of the kimono but to hidden areas of lining.
  • An awashe (lined) kimono
  • Silk
  • This is a hitotsu mon kimono, meaning a garment that has one mon (crest), at centre back, making it a formal garment. The mon is bellflower 
  • Made in and bought from Japan

Condition: 
Extremely good - some minor marks and a marked lining - see photos

Measurements:
Sleeve end to sleeve end 126cm
Sleeve seam to sleeve seam 62cm
Sleeve depth 47cm
Length 166cm

Beautiful & Rare Kimono

SKU: wk861
£650.00Price

  • Kimono require a sash to hold them closed. This is always bought separately. Men usually wear a kaku obi with their kimono or, casually at home, a soft heko obi

    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. Check length given for the garment, then measure from base of back of your neck down to judge that length on you
    Also 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

    Some of my garments have white stitching (shitsuke) round the outside edges to keep the edges flat during long periods of storage, these stitches just get pulled out before wearing the garment

    Cleaning: Be very cautious about washing kimonos. All cleaning is done entirely at your own risk, as is standard with all vintage garments and items. I would advise only dry cleaning

    Colour: Please be aware that different monitors display colour slightly differently. Therefore the colour in the photos and description is a guide only

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