Black with spectacular Heian emaki (picture scroll) design, with Heian hime (noblewomen) in court garden, and gold shusu, which is metallic thread made of foil on thin membrane or paper strips, which are wrapped around silk threads. These metallic threads cannot be stitched through the silk fabrics, so they are traditionally "couched": laid on the fabric surface and stitched down with fine silk threads. Often seen outlining designs on ornate kimono and called kinmaki
Lightly padded around hem, so it can be worn this with the hem trailing slightly, the padding makes it drape nicely and lie smoothly on the floor.
Chirimen (crepe), synthetic silk fabric. The Japanese excel at making synthetic silks
Fully lined
Made in and bought from Japan
The Japanese take great pains to store their traditional garments with the utmost care, which is why they stay in such exceptional condition. Some of my Japanese garments have large, white stitching (shitsuke) round the edges. The Japanese put these stitches in to keep the edges flat during long periods of storage, these stitches just get pulled out before wearing the garment
**If shown with a sash, the sash is not included; for display purposes only, to let you see it closed, however, all kimono require an obi or some sort of sash to hold them closed; these are always bought separately. Think of it like a skirt and blouse, you can't wear either on its own, you buy them separately and mix and match
Kimono collars are worn folded in, in half, at the neck
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Condition:
Excellent

Measurements:
Sleeve end to sleeve end 126 cm
Sleeve seam to sleeve seam 63 cm
Depth of sleeve 106 cm
Length 183 cm