{"title":"Japanese Clothing","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapanese clothing runs from the traditional wrap garments — kimono, haori, jinbei, hakama — through to modern pieces built on the same motifs. Explore both, and read the measurements rather than the size label.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"nagajuban-kimono-robe-sugata","title":"Nagajuban Kimono Robe 'Sugata'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA plain wrap robe in the kimono shape, white or black, with a self-tie belt\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder every kimono there is a nagajuban, the plain long robe that keeps the outer garment clean and gives it something to sit on, and this is that robe, made to be worn on its own. A deep crossover front, wide draping sleeves, a hem at the ankle, and a belt cut from the same cloth that ties at the waist. No print, no trim, no contrast. It comes in white and in black, and there is nothing else to say about the colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the simplest thing in the collection and one of the most useful. As a robe it is the one you put on after a bath. As a layer it goes under any printed kimono in the range and shows a clean line at the collar. As a garment it is a long, quiet column that goes to the door without shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sugata, means figure, or form, the shape of a person, and it names what this robe is: the kimono shape with nothing on it but the person inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cloth is a polyester with a soft, matte, slightly textured hand, chosen because a white this plain must stay white and a black this plain must stay black through washing, and because a robe worn against the skin should be light and dry quickly. It is unlined, and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe belt is part of the robe. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the belt once or twice at the waist and knot it at the front or the side, and the robe closes into a column. There is no obi and none is needed; the belt does what an obi does with less ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a white or black robe. At thirty centimetres the cloth shows its texture, a fine grain that keeps the surface from reading flat, and the seams show the kimono construction, straight and square. There is nothing else to see, which is the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the belt. Worn at home it is the robe you will wear most. Worn under a printed kimono it is the layer the printed kimono was designed to be worn over. Worn out, in white with white trainers as in the photograph, it is a column that looks like a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the belt give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"White \/ One Size","offer_id":59207688913244,"sku":"14:771#white;5:4181#One Size","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ One Size","offer_id":59207688946012,"sku":"14:193#black;5:4181#One Size","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/nagajuban-kimono-robe-sugata-1.jpg?v=1790580104"},{"product_id":"black-formal-blouse-skirt-set-kokutan","title":"Black Formal Blouse Skirt Set 'Kokutan'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA cream blouse with a burgundy bow over a long black skirt, laced high\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack is the formal member of the laced-skirt family. The blouse is cream, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a burgundy ribbon tied at the neck. The skirt is long and black, gathered into a high waistband laced with two cream ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. Cream, black and burgundy, the palette of a concert dress, on the cut of a street style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the set that goes to an evening, because black with cream lace reads as dressed wherever it is, and the burgundy bow gives it the one note of colour an evening needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kokutan, is ebony, the black wood, and the skirt is that black: deep, matte and warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so the gathers hold. Both wash cold and hang, the skirt inside out to keep the black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph, or black flats for the evening. It is the set for a recital, a dinner, a night that needs a skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is cream over a long black skirt with cream at the hem. From close the cream ribbons of the lacing draw lines on the black, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace under the scallops has its own flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a black cardigan, a cream bag and a pair of pearls if you own them. It is the laced set for the night, and the others are for the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two cream ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows against the black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe black of the skirt is matte and warm, not blue-black, and it sits with the cream of the blouse and the lace the way a piano sits with its keys. It is the most formal of the family and the one with the widest range, from a matinee to midnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207689699676,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207689732444,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207689765212,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207689797980,"sku":"14:193#Black Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/black-formal-blouse-skirt-set-kokutan-1.jpg?v=1790580707"},{"product_id":"sage-mori-girl-skirt-set-kokeiro","title":"Sage Mori Girl Skirt Set 'Kokeiro'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA white bow blouse over a long sage skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forest-girl look of Japanese street fashion, the one built from lace, layers and colours found on a woodland floor, is what this set is. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves gathered at the cuff, pintucks down the front and a green ribbon tied in a bow at the neck. The skirt is long and sage green, gathered into a high waistband that laces up like a corset with two ribbons, its hem scalloped, and under it a layer of cream lace that shows below the scallops. Together they are white, green and lace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the softest set in the collection and the most layered, and the lace at the hem is what makes it: without it the skirt is a skirt, with it the skirt is a petticoat and a skirt and a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kokeiro, is moss colour, the green of the forest floor the style is named for, and the skirt is that green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt, not a trim on the hem. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so it holds its gathers. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the ribbons tied in a bow, and white trainers, or flat shoes with a strap if the day is for that. It is the set for a walk that ends in a tea room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a white blouse over a long green skirt with cream at the hem. From close the pintucks are stitched, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the lace under the hem has its own pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a cardigan in autumn and nothing else that is trying. It is the set in the collection that looks like it was found in a good second-hand shop, and it was not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband of the skirt is wide and boned lightly at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the ribbons tie in a bow that sits over the blouse. The blouse buttons down the front behind the pintucks, and the collar lies flat over a cardigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace at the hem is cream rather than white, so it sits warm against the green rather than cutting across it, and it is cut a hand's width longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207689863516,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207689896284,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207689929052,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207689961820,"sku":"14:200004889#Army Green Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/sage-mori-girl-skirt-set-kokeiro-1.jpg?v=1790580677"},{"product_id":"lavender-kawaii-two-piece-usufuji","title":"Lavender Kawaii Two-Piece 'Usufuji'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe white bow blouse over a long lavender skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavender is the colour this set was drawn for. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks down the front and a lilac ribbon tied in a bow at the neck. The skirt is long and lavender, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, its hem scalloped, with a layer of cream lace showing beneath. White above, purple below, lace at the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the sweetest of the laced-skirt sets and the one that reads most like the Harajuku street it comes from, where a lavender skirt with a lace hem is not a costume but a Tuesday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Usufuji, is pale wisteria, the lilac of the flower in May and the traditional name for this shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and the lavender keeps its colour out of the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck matching the ribbons at the waist, and white trainers. It is the set for a spring afternoon and a camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over lavender with cream at the hem. From close the pintucks are stitched, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the scallops of the hem are each a curve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with white socks, a cardigan in a paler purple, and nothing sharp. It is the set to buy for someone who has a favourite colour and it is this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blouse alone goes with everything below the waist, and the skirt alone goes with a white T-shirt and a pair of trainers on a hot day. As a set they are the look; apart they are two pieces of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons down the front behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavender in this cloth is a soft, slightly greyed purple, not a bright one, and it sits with the cream lace the way the flower sits with its leaves. It is the set to wear to a spring festival, or to a park that is having one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690027356,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690060124,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690092892,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690125660,"sku":"14:496#Purple Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/lavender-kawaii-two-piece-usufuji-1.jpg?v=1790580680"},{"product_id":"brick-red-corset-skirt-set-taisha","title":"Brick Red Corset Skirt Set 'Taisha'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe white bow blouse over a long brick-red skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrick red gives the laced-skirt set some weight. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a dark red ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long, in a red with brown in it, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. White, red and lace, which is the palette of a folk costume from anywhere in Europe and the palette of a Japanese street on a Sunday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the set for autumn, because the red is an autumn red, and the version that looks most grown-up, because it has the least sweetness in its colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Taisha, is red ochre, the earth pigment of old Japanese paint, and the skirt is that colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt so the gathers hold. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, or brown boots when the leaves come down. It is the set for a walk in October.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over a long red skirt with cream at the hem. From close the lacing runs through eyelets, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace under the scallops has its own flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a cream cardigan and a brown bag. It is the laced set that will be worn most, because the red goes with the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops, so it always shows against the red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red in this cloth is a matte, earthy one, not a bright one, and in shade it goes toward brown. It is the colour of a roof tile and of the fruit on a tree in November, and it is the reason the set works in a season the others do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690191196,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690223964,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690256732,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690289500,"sku":"14:10#As The Photo;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/brick-red-corset-skirt-set-taisha-1.jpg?v=1790580682"},{"product_id":"powder-blue-peter-pan-collar-set-mizuasagi","title":"Powder Blue Peter Pan Collar Set 'Mizuasagi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA cream bow blouse over a long powder-blue skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowder blue and cream is the palette of a nursery and of a very good tea set, and this set wears it. The blouse is cream rather than white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a blue-grey ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long and powder blue, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons, its hem scalloped, with cream lace showing beneath. The cream of the blouse and the cream of the lace match, so the blue sits between two warm tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the coolest of the laced-skirt sets in colour and the calmest to look at, and it is the one that photographs best in daylight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Mizuasagi, is water-blue, the pale blue-green of shallow water, and the traditional name for this exact shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph. It is the set for a summer morning and a garden with a table in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is cream over pale blue with cream at the hem. From close the rounded collar has its curve, the lacing runs through eyelets, and the scalloped hem sits over the lace like a wave over foam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with white socks, a straw bag and nothing that raises its voice. It is the laced set for someone whose favourite word is calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blouse alone is a cream blouse with a bow, and the skirt alone is a long pale blue skirt with lace at the hem, which goes with a white T-shirt and sandals. As a set they are the look; apart they are two summer things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream, matched to the blouse, and cut longer than the scallops so it always shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blue in this cloth is soft and slightly grey, the blue of a duck egg rather than a sky, and it does not go pale in strong light the way a brighter blue would. It photographs the same at noon and at six.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690355036,"sku":"14:173#Blue Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690387804,"sku":"14:173#Blue Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690420572,"sku":"14:173#Blue Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690453340,"sku":"14:173#Blue Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/powder-blue-peter-pan-collar-set-mizuasagi-1.jpg?v=1790580685"},{"product_id":"persimmon-ribbon-blouse-set-kakiiro","title":"Persimmon Ribbon Blouse Set 'Kakiiro'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe white bow blouse over a long persimmon skirt laced at the waist, lace below\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersimmon is the orange of the Japanese autumn, the fruit hanging on bare branches in November, and it is the colour of this skirt. The blouse is white, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a pink ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with a scalloped hem and cream lace showing beneath. White, orange, pink and lace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the warmest of the laced-skirt sets and the one with the most unexpected colour, because orange is a colour most wardrobes avoid, and on a long skirt with lace it works better than it has any right to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kakiiro, is persimmon colour, which is what the skirt is, and the name says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and the orange keeps its depth out of the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, or brown shoes when the leaves match the skirt. It is the set for the month the fruit is on the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is white over a long orange skirt with cream at the hem. From close the pink bow and the orange skirt sit together the way a persimmon sits against its own leaf, and the lacing runs through eyelets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a brown cardigan, a cream bag and a walk under trees. It is the laced set to choose when every other colour has been chosen already.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. The lace at the hem is cream and cut longer than the scallops, so it always shows against the orange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe orange in this cloth is a burnt one, with brown in it, not a bright one, and it reads as a warm neutral from a distance. It is the colour the Japanese have named after the fruit for a thousand years, and the fruit is the right reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from S to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59207690518876,"sku":"14:203322815#Brown Set;5:100014064","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690551644,"sku":"14:203322815#Brown Set;5:361386","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690584412,"sku":"14:203322815#Brown Set;5:361385","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690617180,"sku":"14:203322815#Brown Set;5:100014065","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/persimmon-ribbon-blouse-set-kakiiro-1.jpg?v=1790580688"},{"product_id":"cream-pussy-bow-dress-set-zouge","title":"Cream Pussy Bow Dress Set 'Zouge'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA cream blouse with a pink bow over a long sand skirt, laced high\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the tones of this set are the tones of unbleached things: cream, sand, lace. The blouse is cream, with a rounded collar, short puffed sleeves, pintucks and a pink ribbon at the neck. The skirt is long and sand beige, gathered into a high waistband laced with two ribbons like a corset, with cream lace showing beneath the hem. There is almost no contrast on it, which is the point: it is the laced-skirt set for the person who wants the shape without the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most neutral of the family and the one that goes with the most things, because sand goes with everything, and lace on sand reads as texture rather than decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Zouge, is ivory, the colour of the blouse, and the warmest white there is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lace is a separate layer sewn into the skirt. The cloth is a polyester-cotton blend, light in the blouse and fuller in the skirt. Both wash cold and hang, and pale colours this warm hide a day better than white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the blouse tucked into the laced waistband with the bow at the neck, and white trainers, as in the photograph, or tan sandals in summer. It is the set for a wedding you are a guest at, and for the lunch after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street it is a pale outfit with a long skirt and lace at the hem. From close the pink bow is the one colour, the pintucks are stitched, and the lace shows its pattern against the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with a brown belt if you want one and a straw hat if you have one. It is the laced set that looks most expensive, for no reason other than that it has no colour to argue with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe waistband is wide and lightly boned at the front, so the lacing pulls it in without folding, and the two ribbons tie in a bow over the blouse. The blouse buttons behind the pintucks. 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The top crosses and ties at the side, and its edge is finished with a narrow frill in dusty rose, the one solid colour on the set, running from the collar to the hem. Long sleeves. A crinkled cotton that stands off the skin and breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most romantic of the pyjama sets and the one that reads least like nightwear, because a wrap top with a frilled edge is closer to a blouse than a pyjama, and the print is closer to wallpaper than to a nightie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Botanchou, is peony and butterfly, the two things on the cloth, drawn together the way Japanese textiles have drawn them for three hundred years, because the butterfly is the peony's guest. It is a good guest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is printed, not embroidered, with the mauve kept soft so the flowers look watercoloured. The crinkle is in the finish of the cotton, so it never needs ironing and comes back after every wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trousers are straight, with a soft band at the waist, in the same print, and the frilled top sits over them tied at the hip. Wear it to sleep in, to breakfast, and to the garden with a cardigan if the morning is cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the peonies show their layers and the butterflies show their wings, and the frill shows its gather. From across a bedroom it is a pale set with a mauve garden on it and a rose line down the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, a cup of tea, and a window with a plant in it. Of the printed pyjamas, this is the warm one; the blue version beside it is the cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":59207690846556,"sku":"14:771#A;5:361386","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207690879324,"sku":"14:771#A;5:361385","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207690912092,"sku":"14:771#A;5:12668979","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/butterfly-garden-sleep-set-botanchou-1.jpg?v=1790580435"},{"product_id":"blue-butterfly-two-piece-pajamas-chouka","title":"Blue Butterfly Two-Piece Pajamas 'Chouka'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlowers and butterflies in blue-grey on cream crinkle cotton, with a frilled wrap top\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn in blue-grey instead of mauve, the peonies and butterflies on this pyjama set read cooler and a little more like a drawing than a garden. They are the same flowers, at a different hour. The print covers the wrap top and the straight trousers, large soft-edged flowers with butterflies between them, and the top crosses and ties at the side with its edge finished in a narrow frill of slate blue, the one solid on the set. Long sleeves. A crinkled cotton that stands off the skin and breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the pyjama set for someone who likes a print and does not like pink, and blue on cream is the pairing that has looked right on bedding for two centuries. It still does, and it does it here without a single flourish that was not needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Chouka, means butterfly and flower, the same two guests as on the mauve set, in a cooler room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe print is printed, not embroidered, with the blue-grey kept soft so the flowers look washed rather than drawn. The crinkle is in the finish of the cotton, so it never needs ironing and returns after every wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trousers are straight, with a soft band at the waist, in the same print, and the frilled top ties over them at the hip. Wear it to sleep in, to breakfast, and to a Sunday that does not require getting dressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the flowers show their layers and the butterflies their wings, and the frill shows its gather. From across a bedroom it is a pale set with blue on it and a darker blue line down the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, white sheets, and a blue-and-white cup. Of the printed pyjamas, this is the cool one, and the one that looks best in a north-facing room. In a south-facing one it goes pale and pretty, which is also fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The top is cream, printed all over with a small pink floral, round-necked, edged in red piping and closed with a knot button at the shoulder, with long sleeves. The trousers are plain, a brick red that picks up the piping and the darkest pink in the print, straight, with a soft band at the waist. Together they read as an outfit rather than a pair of pyjamas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the set in the range for someone who wants their nightwear to look like it was put together, and the one that goes to breakfast in a house with guests. It is also the set whose two halves can be split: the top over jeans, the trousers under a sweatshirt, and both back together at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Komon, is the small pattern, the fine all-over print of the old kimono that read as plain from a distance and detailed from close, which is exactly what the top does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe floral is printed, not embroidered. The cloth is a smooth cotton weave with a dry hand, lighter than the crinkled sets and flatter, so the small print stays legible and the trousers hold a line. The two cloths are the same weight, so the set moves as one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the top tucked or loose over the trousers; the knot button at the shoulder keeps the neck flat and the piping draws the edge. Sleep in it, eat breakfast in it, and put a cardigan over it for the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the floral shows its tiny flowers and the piping shows its clean red edge. From across a bedroom it is a pale top over red trousers, and it looks like a decision rather than a default.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours, the trousers with reds the first time, and hang to dry. The cotton softens with washing and the red keeps its depth if it is kept out of the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, a red cup, and a morning with people in it. Of the pyjama sets, this is the one that is two garments and not one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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This one is a round-necked top closed with knot buttons at the shoulder, long sleeves with white cuffs, and straight trousers with white bands at the ankle, all in a soft green crinkled cotton, with a small scroll embroidered in dark thread on each white band. Green with white edges reads calm, and the cut, side-closing and collarless, reads Asian without a single print. It is the set to buy for someone who owns no prints and wants none.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knot buttons are the detail worth having. Cord knots through loops, they sit at the shoulder and keep the front of the top flat, so there is nothing to lie on and nothing to undo in the dark. That matters at three in the morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Wakaba, means young leaves, the fresh green of May, and it is the green the cloth is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scroll is embroidered, not printed. The crinkle is in the finish of the cotton, so it never needs ironing and comes back after every wash. The cloth is light, and the long sleeves carry it from summer into the first cool weeks of autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trousers are straight, with a soft band at the waist, and the white ankle bands echo the cuffs, so the set is a set from any distance. Wear it to sleep in, to breakfast in, and to spend a Sunday in without changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the crinkle shows its pucker and the embroidery shows its stitches. From across a bedroom it is a green two-piece with white edges and a knot at the shoulder, and it looks like it was bought in a good shop in Kyoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, white sheets, and the morning. Of the knot-button pyjamas, this is the green one, and green is the colour that goes to breakfast best. It is also the colour that hides the tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. Between two sizes, take the larger.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":59207691239772,"sku":"14:173#green;5:361386","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207691272540,"sku":"14:173#green;5:361385","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207691305308,"sku":"14:173#green;5:100014065","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/sage-knot-button-pyjamas-wakaba-1.jpg?v=1790580430"},{"product_id":"cream-japanese-style-pajamas-yutori","title":"Cream Japanese Style Pajamas 'Yutori'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCream crinkle cotton pyjamas with green knot buttons and red-embroidered cuffs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCream with a green edge and a red stitch is a palette from a tea house, and these pyjamas wear it. The top is round-necked, edged in green piping and closed with two green knot buttons at the shoulder, with long sleeves that end in white cuffs embroidered with a red scroll. The trousers are straight, with the same white bands and red scroll at the ankle. Everything else is a cream crinkled cotton, soft and puckered, that stands off the skin and breathes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the one of the knot-button sets with the most going on at the edges and the least in the middle, which is the right way round for something you sleep in: the details are where you see them in the mirror and nowhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Yutori, means ease, or room to breathe, the word the Japanese use for a life that is not in a hurry, and the pyjamas are for that life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scroll is embroidered, not printed. The crinkle is in the finish of the cotton, so it never needs ironing and returns after every wash. The cloth is light, and the long sleeves carry it through three seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trousers have a soft band at the waist and room through the leg, and the white ankle bands match the cuffs, so the set reads as one piece of design. Wear it to sleep in, to breakfast, and through a slow morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the green piping shows its edge, the knot buttons show their cord, and the embroidery shows its red thread on white. From across a bedroom it is a cream two-piece with green at the neck, and it looks like it has been chosen rather than found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, a wooden floor, and tea. Of the knot-button pyjamas, this is the one with the most colour in its details and the least in its cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The cuffs and the ankle bands are white, and each carries a small scroll embroidered in dark thread, the one decoration on the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe knot button is the detail. It is a cord knot through a loop, the closure Chinese and Japanese tailors used before buttons, and it sits at the shoulder so the neck lies flat and nothing presses on the chest while you sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Onsen, is the hot spring, and the set is what you wear back to the room from one: soft, loose, clean, and in a colour that goes with a wooden corridor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scroll is embroidered, not printed, in a stitch you can feel with a fingertip. The crinkle is in the finish of the cotton, so it never needs ironing and comes back after every wash. The cloth is light enough for summer and, with the long sleeves, warm enough for the first cold nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trousers are straight, with a soft band at the waist, and the white bands at the ankle match the cuffs, so the set reads as a set from across a room and as a pair of details from close. Wear it to sleep in, to breakfast, and to answer the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the crinkle shows its pucker and the embroidery shows its stitches. From across a bedroom it is a pale pink two-piece with white edges, and it looks like it belongs to someone who is about to sleep well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, a cup of something, and a book. Of the pyjama sets in the range, this is the one closest to what a ryokan would give you, in the colour they would not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Nothing is printed, embroidered or trimmed. The colour and the cut are the whole design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the plain wrap set in the colour that goes with the most rooms, because sage sits between grey and green and reads as neither. It is the colour of a bathroom with a plant in it, and of the person who waters it. It is also the one that looks most like clothes on a body that has just got up. It looks like the morning went well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Wakakusa, means young grass, the green of a lawn in April, and it is the traditional name for this soft green.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weave is cotton, smooth rather than crinkled, with a dry hand that takes an iron or goes without. It is light, it breathes, and it dries in an hour on a line. The weave is fine enough to read as smooth and open enough to breathe, which is the balance a summer cloth needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross the fronts left over right and knot the tie at the hip; the trousers sit at the waist. Sleep in it, live in it, and wear the top over a vest as a light shirt in summer, which it does without looking like nightwear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the weave shows its fine grain and the tie shows its knot. From across a bedroom it is a green two-piece with a tie at the hip, and it looks like it belongs to someone with plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the green stays even and the cotton softens. There is nothing that needs ironing, and nothing that minds it. It is a forgiving cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, cream sheets, and a cup of green tea, which is not a joke. Of the smooth-weave wrap sets, this is the green one, and it is the one that goes to the garden. 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The colour is a sky blue, pale and slightly greyed, the blue of a shirt that has been washed a hundred times. The top crosses and ties at the side, the sleeves stop below the elbow, and nothing is printed or trimmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the women's jinbei in its plainest form, and the one that looks most like a garment you could open the door in, because a flat pale blue has the manners of a shirt. It is the set to wear when the postman is due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Mizuiro, means water colour, the pale blue of clear water, and it is the traditional name for this exact shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weave is cotton, smooth rather than crinkled, with a dry hand that takes an iron if you want a crease and does without one if you do not. It is light, it breathes, and it dries fast. 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The set is a wrap top that crosses and ties at the side with one patch pocket, sleeves below the elbow, and straight trousers with a soft band at the waist, in a flat cotton weave. Nothing on it but the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the plain wrap set for someone who finds pink too sweet and blue too plain, and it is the one that looks most expensive for reasons nobody can name. The colour is the reason, and it is a hard colour to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fujikiri, is wisteria mist, the grey-purple of the flowers through rain, and it is the shade the cloth is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weave is cotton, smooth rather than crinkled, with a dry hand that takes an iron or goes without. It is light, it breathes, and it dries fast. It holds its colour out of the sun, which is most bedrooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross the fronts left over right and knot the tie at the hip; the trousers sit at the waist. Sleep in it, live in it, and wear the top over a white T-shirt as a light shirt on a grey morning, where it belongs. It goes with denim if it must.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the weave shows its fine grain and the colour shows its two sides, grey and lilac, depending on the light. From across a bedroom it is a soft grey two-piece with a tie at the hip, and it looks like a considered choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the colour stays even and the cotton softens with every wash. Iron the edge if you like a line; it does not need one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, grey sheets, and a window with rain on it. Of the smooth-weave wrap sets, this is the quiet one, and the one that suits the most people. It is the one to choose when you cannot choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Nothing is printed, embroidered or trimmed. It is the shape of a jinbei in a colour a jinbei never comes in. That is the whole idea, and it is a good one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the plain wrap set for someone who wants pink and does not want it to look like a nightie, because a greyed pink in a flat cotton reads as a garment, and the wrap and tie read as Japanese without a single print. The tie at the hip does the talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sakuyu, is the evening cherry blossom, the flowers at the end of the day when the light has gone warm and the pink has gone soft, and the cloth is that pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weave is cotton, smooth rather than crinkled, with a dry hand that takes an iron or goes without. It is light, it breathes, and it dries in an hour on a line. Nothing on it needs care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross the fronts left over right and knot the tie at the hip; the trousers sit at the waist. Sleep in it, live in it, and wear the top over a white vest as a light shirt in summer, which it passes for on a terrace. With sandals it has left the house before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the weave shows its slub and the tie shows its knot. From across a bedroom it is a soft pink two-piece with a tie at the hip, and it looks like the evening the name describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the pink stays even out of the sun and the cotton softens with every wash. Nothing on it needs ironing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, white sheets, and a late breakfast. Of the smooth-weave wrap sets, this is the pink one, and the last one in the collection, which is a good place for it. End on pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Pale pink, the pink of the inside of a shell, and nothing printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the set for a bedroom with pale walls and a morning with no plans and no alarm. Double gauze is the cloth Japanese mothers wrap babies in, and it feels the same on an adult. That is the whole argument for it, and it is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Awayuki, is light snow, the kind that melts on the ground, and it is the old name for a pink this faint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gauze is cotton, crinkled in the finish, and it never needs ironing. It softens with every wash and the pucker comes back. Two layers keep it from being sheer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross the fronts left over right and knot the tie at the hip; the trousers sit at the waist on a soft band. Sleep in it, live in it, and wear the top over a white T-shirt on a cool morning as a light jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the gauze shows its pucker and the fine weave between. From across a bedroom it is a pale pink two-piece with a tie at the hip, and it looks like it was made to be slept in, which it was. There is no detail on it to catch on anything, and no seam that presses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, cream sheets, and a slow start. Of the wrap pyjamas, this is the pink one, and pink double gauze is the colour most people mean when they say soft. This is that pink, in that cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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This pyjama set is cut from it in lavender: a wrap top that crosses and ties at the side with one patch pocket on the hip, long sleeves, and straight trousers with a soft band at the waist. Nothing is printed or trimmed. The cloth is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the women's version of the jinbei, the same wrap and tie, in a gauze softer than the men's and a colour the men's range does not have. It is the set for a cold bedroom, because double gauze traps air, and for a hot one, because it lets it go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fujigasumi, is wisteria haze, the purple blur of the flowers seen from a distance in May, and the lavender is that colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gauze is cotton, crinkled in the finish, and it never needs ironing. It softens with every wash and the pucker comes back every time. It is not sheer, because it is two layers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross the fronts left over right and knot the tie at the hip; the trousers sit at the waist on a soft band. Sleep in it, live in it, and put the top on over a T-shirt on a cool morning as a light jacket, which it does well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the gauze shows its pucker and, between the puckers, the fine weave of two thin cloths. From across a bedroom it is a lavender two-piece with a tie at the hip, and it looks like the softest thing in the room, which it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash cold with similar colours and hang to dry; the crinkle in the gauze comes back on its own and there is nothing to iron. The set at the end of the winter is softer than the set at the start, which is how loungewear should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt goes with bare feet, white sheets, and nothing else. 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A geisha in full dress stands at the bottom of the front, another beside a pagoda and a grey mountain, with a lantern and a roof between them. Above them, pale cloud-shaped panels float up the body and over the sleeves, each one filled with cherry blossom, peonies and gold grasses, and between the clouds the ground is a deep, wine-dark red satin. A white collar edged in gold frames the face. A red obi with a braided cord gathers the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a souvenir print in the best sense, the kind of scene the old woodblock artists sold to travellers: a whole evening in Kyoto printed on cloth. The red is what makes it grown-up. Pink would have made it sweet; this red makes it dressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fugaku, is an old name for Mount Fuji, the mountain the scene is painted under, and the name of the most famous series of prints ever made of it. The mountain on this kimono is small and grey, at the hem, where the eye finds it last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a scene with this many colours needs a ground that keeps every one of them, and because satin is what makes a red this deep glow. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with a braided cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the front closes into a long column with the pagoda at the hem and the blossom at the shoulder, which is how it is meant to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Worn tied it is an evening dress that no one else in the room will be wearing. Worn open over black it is a robe with a scene on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a red kimono with a pale scene on it. At thirty centimetres the geisha at the hem has a face and a hairpin, the pagoda has its roofs, and the gold grasses are drawn blade by blade. It is a print that rewards the person standing next to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The ground is a hot magenta satin, and it does something clever as it rises: the pale cloud panels that carry the print grow larger toward the shoulders, so the colour fades from full magenta at the hem to almost pale pink at the collar, keeping the strongest colour away from the face. Inside the clouds, cherry blossom, peonies and gold grasses. At the hem, a pagoda, a grey mountain, and geisha figures in full dress. A white collar edged in gold, and a magenta obi with a gold braided cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the same scene as the red and navy versions in the collection, and it is a different kimono, because the colour changes the hour. Red is evening. Navy is night. 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Tied, it is a dress for an occasion. Open over white, it is the brightest robe you will own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pink-to-magenta column with a scene at the bottom. At thirty centimetres the pagoda has its roofs, the geisha have their combs, and the blossom inside the clouds shows every petal. The fade is in the print, so it will not wash out or move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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A peacock stands on the left front with its tail sweeping down the body in pink, green and gold, and pale cloud panels filled with peonies float over the sleeves. The collar is white. The obi is cut from the same printed cloth, so the waist carries the blossom too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the peacock kimono in this collection, this is the one that goes deepest in colour. Turquoise is bright, pink is soft, crimson is hot; this blue is rich, and it makes the white blossom look like snow on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ruri, is lapis lazuli, the blue stone ground into pigment for the most expensive paintings and the word Japanese uses for this exact blue, deeper than sky and warmer than navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a blue this saturated must stay saturated through washing, and because satin is what gives the colour its depth. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long blue column with the peacock's tail running down it and the blossom breaking across the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is an evening dress that reads from the far side of a room. Open over black, it is a robe with a bird on it. It goes with black shoes and nothing else patterned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a blue kimono with white on it. At thirty centimetres the peacock's tail shows every eye, the peonies inside the cloud panels show their layers, and the plum blossom shows its stamens. It is built to be read at both distances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The collar is white, edged in gold. The obi is the same blush, with a braided gold cord wrapped over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the fullest floral in the collection and the softest, because the colours are all warm and pale. Where the black-ground florals shout, this one hums. It is the kimono for a garden in April and a room with good light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hanafubuki, means a blizzard of blossom, the moment in spring when the wind takes the cherry trees and the air fills with petals. The print is that moment, with nothing left bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a print with this much pale pink must stay pale and clean through washing, and because satin is what gives the gold lines their catch. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with the gold cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long column of blossom with the gold cord as the one hard line on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a spring wedding. Open over white, it is the prettiest robe in the house and it knows it. Wear it with nothing else patterned, and the palest shoes you own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pale pink kimono. At thirty centimetres it is a garden, every flower drawn, the gold lines threading through the petals, and the blush ground showing only in slivers. It is the print in the collection that most rewards a close look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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This kimono carries the pagoda, the grey mountain, the geisha figures at the hem and the pale cloud panels of blossom that the red and gold versions carry, but on a deep navy satin, and the dark ground changes everything: the cream clouds read as lit windows, the gold grasses as lamplight, the pinks and greens of the flowers as colour seen after sunset. A white collar edged in gold. A navy obi with a braided red cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the scene for the evening, and the most wearable of the family, because navy is a colour people already own. It goes with black shoes and it goes with a dark room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Yofuke, means late at night, the hours after midnight when the streets of the old pleasure quarters were at their busiest, and it is the hour the print now shows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a navy this deep must stay even through washing and the pale panels must stay pale, and because satin is what makes a dark ground glow rather than absorb. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with a braided cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long dark column with the pagoda at the hem and the blossom breaking across the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. 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A white collar. A gold obi, with a braided red cord wrapped over it, the one hot colour on the garment and the thing that pulls the eye to the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the version of the scene for a room with lights in it. Red is for the evening and navy for the night; gold is for the party, and it is the most reflective piece in the collection by some distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ogon, simply means gold, the metal, the colour of the folding screens the scene was painted on before it was printed on cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because gold is a colour that only works with shine, and because the print needs a ground that keeps its many colours through washing. It is light and it moves, which on this ground is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with the red cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long gold column with the red cord as its one line and the scene running down it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is an entrance. Open over black, it is a robe that lights the room it is in, and it should be worn where there are lights to catch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is gold, moving. At thirty centimetres the scene appears, the geisha at the hem, the pagoda, the blossom inside the pale clouds, and the red cord at the waist shows its braid. The gold is the ground, not the picture, and it is the reason to choose this version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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Nothing on the garment is brighter than the pink. The collar is pale, edged in gold. The obi is the same pink, with a gold piping at its edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the pastel member of the peacock family and the easiest to wear in daylight, because it reads as a colour first and a bird second. From a distance it is a pink dress. From closer it has a peacock on it, and the peacock is polite about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Usuzakura, is the palest cherry-blossom pink, the colour of the petals in the first week rather than the last, and it is the traditional name for this exact shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a pink this pale must stay clean through washing, and because satin is what gives a soft colour its light. 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The white of the blossom is what makes the red work: it breaks the colour up and keeps it from becoming a wall. The collar is white, edged in gold. The obi is the same red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the warmest piece in the peacock family and the one that reads from farthest away. Red is the colour of celebration in Japan, of the gates, the lacquer and the wedding, and this kimono uses it without apology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shinku, is deep crimson, the true red, the word for the colour before anything has been added to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a red this bright must stay bright through washing and the white must stay white, and because satin is what makes a red glow instead of sit. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long red column with the blossom breaking across it and the peacock's tail running down one side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the dress people will remember from the evening. Open over black, it is a robe that warms a room by being in it. Wear it with black shoes and nothing else patterned, because nothing else could compete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is red with white on it. At thirty centimetres the peacock's tail shows every eye, the peonies show their layers, and the plum blossom shows its stamens against the red. It is built to be read from the door and from the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The ground is a bright turquoise satin, a blue-green you rarely see on a kimono and never on a traditional one, and it is so saturated that the peacock standing on the left front, tail sweeping down to the hem in pink, green and brown, reads as a guest on the colour rather than the reason for it. Pink peonies and blossom gather round the bird. The collar is white. The obi is the same turquoise, with a braided cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the brightest piece in the peacock family and the one for daylight, by water, on a terrace in July. Under lamps it goes deeper and greener. 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Tied, it is a dress for a summer evening. Open over white, it is the brightest robe in the range, and it is meant to be. Pale shoes, and nothing else patterned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is turquoise. At thirty centimetres the peacock shows every eye in its tail, the peonies show their layers, and the cord on the obi shows its braid. It is a print for daylight and it is at its best in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The collar is white, edged in gold. The obi is black, with a braided red cord wrapped over it, the one hot line on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the evening member of the peacock family and the most dramatic, because black makes every other colour on it brighter. The white blossom reads like points of light. The pink reads like neon. The bird reads like a bird at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Oborozuki, is the hazy moon, the spring moon seen through mist, and the name of the mood the print makes: colour glowing out of a dark ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because black must stay black around colours this bright, and because satin is what makes a dark ground shine rather than absorb. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with the red cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long black column with the peacock at the hem, the flowers climbing it and the red cord at the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the dress for a dinner after dark. Open over black, it is a robe that makes the flowers float. Black shoes, and nothing else printed anywhere near it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is black with bright points on it. At thirty centimetres the peacock's tail shows every eye, the peonies show their layers, and the white blossom shows its stamens against the dark. It is the print in the family with the most contrast, and it holds it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long black column with the flowers scattered down it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a winter evening. Open over black, it is a robe with a garden on it, in the season when the garden has nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is black with red flowers. At thirty centimetres the camellias show every petal, the leaves show their veins, and the small blue chrysanthemums appear between them. The collar has its own small pattern, which is a detail few printed kimono bother with.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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This kimono carries the pagoda, the grey mountain, the geisha figures at the hem and the white cloud panels of blossom that the red, navy and gold versions carry, but on a bright, clear blue satin, and the ground turns the picture into a spring afternoon: the white clouds read as clouds, the blossom reads as blossom, and the five roofs of the pagoda stand against blue the way they do on a postcard. The collar is white, piped in green and yellow. The obi is printed with the same scene, so the waist carries a piece of the picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the freshest of the scene kimono and the one for daytime, a garden party, a summer wedding, a morning with the windows open. The others are for the evening. This one is for the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Gojunoto, is the five-storey pagoda, the tower at the hem of the print and the silhouette on the skyline of every old capital in Japan. It is the building the whole scene is arranged around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a blue this clear must stay clear through washing and the white must stay white, and because satin is what gives a pale colour its light. It is light, and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching printed sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long blue column with the pagoda at the hem and the blossom breaking across the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a blue kimono with white on it. At thirty centimetres the geisha at the hem have faces, the pagoda has every roof, and the flowers inside the clouds show their petals. It is a print for the person standing next to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a day outdoors. Open over white, it is a robe that makes the morning look like a holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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From the right shoulder, a spray of wisteria hangs down in gold and cream with a few gold leaves, and the rest of the body and the sleeves are black satin, plain and glossy. The collar is white, edged in gold. The obi is black, with a braided pink cord wrapped over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most formal-looking piece in the collection, because that composition, heavy at the hem and quiet above, is the one Japanese women have worn to weddings and ceremonies for two hundred years, and the black ground is the colour of the most formal kimono of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fujinami, means waves of wisteria, the phrase for the flowers hanging in a row from a trellis in May, moving in the wind. The spray at the shoulder is one of those waves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because black must stay black around gold and red, and because satin is what makes a dark ground shine. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching black sash with the pink cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long black column with the garden at the hem and the wisteria at the shoulder, which is exactly where the eye goes first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a black kimono with colour at the bottom. At thirty centimetres the peonies show their layers, the wisteria shows every bell, and the small birds in the hem band appear. It is the print in the collection most worth standing close to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for the most dressed evening of the year. Open over black, it is a robe with a garden at the hem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The pagoda, the grey mountain, the geisha figures in full dress at the hem and the white cloud panels of blossom are the same as on the red, navy, gold and blue versions in the collection, but the ground is a soft, bright pink satin, and it turns the picture into a spring festival rather than an evening or a night. The white clouds read as petals. The gold grasses read as sunlight. The collar is white, piped in gold. The obi is printed, with a braided red cord over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most cheerful of the scene family and the one people buy for a birthday, because pink and a picture is a present, and this one arrives with its own belt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Maiogi, is the dancing fan, the folding fan a geisha holds when she dances, and the figures at the hem are holding theirs. It is the detail that names the kimono, and it is the size of a thumbnail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because a pink this clear must stay clear through washing and the white must stay white, and because satin is what gives a pale colour its glow. It is light, and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching printed sash with the red cord that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long pink column with the pagoda at the hem and the blossom breaking across the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pink kimono with white shapes on it. At thirty centimetres the geisha have their combs and their fans, the pagoda has every roof, and the blossom inside the clouds shows every petal. It is a print for the person standing next to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide kimono sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a spring afternoon. Open over white, it is the sweetest robe in the house, and it is honest about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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Between the flowers run vertical bands of a white lace-like pattern, fine and regular, so the print reads as blossom seen through a screen. The obi is red, wide, with a faint pattern woven into it, and it is the one saturated colour on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the boldest of the black florals in the women's range, because the flowers are large and the pink is bright, and the lace bands are what keep it from being simply pretty: they give the print a structure and a rhythm, vertical against the round of the blossom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Yaezakura, is that flower, the double cherry, the one that blooms late and lasts longer, and the one on the cloth is drawn with every extra petal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the pink shaded from deep at the centre to white at the edge of each petal, and the lace bands kept fine. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because black must stay black around pink and white through washing, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide red sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long black column with the blossom scattered down it and the red band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is pink flowers on black with pale stripes. At thirty centimetres the stripes become lace, drawn in a fine repeating pattern, and each blossom shows its layers of petals. It is a print with a foreground and a background, and both are worth looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for an evening in April. Open over black, it is a robe that makes the flowers float.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The pink shades from rose at the centre of each star to almost nothing at its points. The obi is white, wide and flat, and it keeps the whole outfit in two colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the softest print in the women's range and the most summery, because pink-and-white tie-dye is the pattern of the yukata girls wear to the fireworks, and this one keeps the tradition without the price of the hand-tied kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Momoiro, is peach colour, the pink of the fruit and the flower, and the traditional word for the exact shade the stars are dyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not tie-dyed, and it is worth saying: a shibori yukata is bound and dyed by hand and costs what a month of work costs. This one prints the look, blurred edges and all, so that you can wash it without thinking. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a pink this soft must stay soft through washing and the white must stay white, and because a yukata is for hot evenings and should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide white sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the yukata closes into a long column of pink stars with the white band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pink-and-white yukata. At thirty centimetres each star shows its blur, the place the dye crept, the pale points, and the rows line up. It is a print that imitates a craft, and it imitates it honestly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the yukata for a summer festival, with sandals and a fan. Open over white, it is a robe for a hot morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The obi is burgundy, wide and crinkled, and it is the one saturated colour on the garment, a deep note under a light one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the gentlest floral in the women's range and the most painterly, because nothing on it is outlined. The flowers bleed a little at the edges, the way real ones do in the rain, and the effect is of a garden seen through a window rather than a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shion, is the aster, the small lilac flower of the Japanese autumn, and the traditional name for this exact shade of purple, a colour worn by the old court for its calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the shading kept soft on purpose and the white kept clean around it. 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Open over white, it is the softest robe in the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The grass is what makes the print. Without it the flowers would float; with it they grow. The obi is teal, wide and crinkled, and against the warm cloth it is the one cool colour, the water under the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most classically Japanese of the women's florals, the pattern of a yukata from a print by the old masters, and the teal obi is a modern choice that keeps it from looking like a reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Nobana, means wild flowers, the ones that grow by the road rather than in the garden, and the grasses between the blooms are the road.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the pinks kept clean and the grass lines kept dark and thin. 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Chrysanthemums in bright yellow, daisies in purple and white, green stems and leaves, all packed edge to edge across a ground of the palest lilac, so dense that the ground shows only as a haze between the flowers. The obi is yellow too, printed with a small white floral, wide and flat, and it picks up the brightest colour on the cloth and puts it at the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the sunniest print in the women's range and the most old-fashioned in the best way: a small, dense, all-over floral is the pattern of the everyday kimono of a century ago, worn to market rather than to ceremony, and this one has that ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Nanohana, is the rapeseed flower, the yellow that covers whole fields in Japan in March and April and is the first colour of the year after the plum. 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The obi is navy, wide and crinkled, and it takes the darkest colour on the cloth and makes a band of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the floral in the women's range with the most contrast and the most modern drawing, because the flowers are large and few rather than small and many, and because blue and white is the pairing that never looks like a costume. It reads as a summer dress from a distance and as a kimono up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kikyo, is the bellflower, the five-pointed violet-blue flower of the Japanese autumn and one of the seven grasses of the season. The flowers on the cloth are drawn open, the way the bellflower opens, in the colour it opens in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the shading inside each petal kept soft and the white around them kept clean. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a white this white must stay white through washing and a blue this deep must not bleed into it, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide navy sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long white column with the flowers scattered down it and the navy band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is blue flowers on white. At thirty centimetres each petal shows its shading, from pale blue at the edge to violet at the base, and the leaves show their dark veins. It is a print drawn at a scale that suits the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a summer day that wants to look fresh. Open over white, it is a robe that looks like a good tablecloth, and that is a compliment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207694319964,"sku":"14:496#12;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/violet-floral-kimono-dress-kikyo-1.jpg?v=1790580021"},{"product_id":"womens-indigo-floral-yukata-aiiro","title":"Women's Indigo Floral Yukata 'Aiiro'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlue roses and peonies packed across pale blue, in the colours of old indigo\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery flower on this yukata is blue. Roses and peonies in three shades, from a pale sky to a deep indigo, with dark leaves between them, packed edge to edge across a ground of the palest blue so that the whole garment reads as one colour with a hundred tones in it. The obi is brown, wide and crinkled, and against all that blue it is the one warm thing, the colour of a wooden floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the print in the women's range that looks most like the old indigo cloth of the Japanese countryside, where every pattern was some shade of blue because blue was the only dye that was cheap, and where the result was more beautiful than it had any right to be. This yukata has that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Aiiro, is indigo colour, the blue of the vat, the word for the whole family of shades on the cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not dyed in a vat, with the three blues kept distinct and the leaves kept dark. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a pale blue must stay pale through washing and a deep one must not bleed into it, and because a yukata is for warm evenings and should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide brown sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the yukata closes into a long blue column with the brown band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a blue yukata. At thirty centimetres the flowers separate into roses and peonies, the three blues separate into their shades, and the leaves show their veins. It is a print that is calm from a distance and busy up close, which is the right way round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a summer outfit that reads traditional and does not look like a costume. Open over white, it is a robe in the best colour a robe can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207694451036,"sku":"14:1052#11;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/womens-indigo-floral-yukata-aiiro-1.jpg?v=1790580029"},{"product_id":"indigo-wisteria-kimono-robe-fujidana","title":"Indigo Wisteria Kimono Robe 'Fujidana'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWisteria and cherry blossom falling across indigo, with black streams between and a violet sash\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo flowers of the Japanese spring share this kimono, and they meet on a river. Wisteria hangs in long racemes of purple, lilac and white down the indigo ground, and cherry blossom opens beside it in white and purple with five petals each, while black bands run diagonally through the print like streams seen from a bridge, breaking the flowers into drifts. The obi is violet, wide and crinkled, and it takes the deepest purple on the cloth and makes a band of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the print in the women's range with the most going on and the most coherent palette, because everything on it is blue, purple or white, and the black streams give it a structure that a floral usually lacks. It reads as a landscape rather than a pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fujidana, is the wisteria trellis, the frame Japanese gardens build so the flowers can hang in rows above a path, and the racemes on the cloth are hanging from one you cannot see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the purples kept distinct from the indigo and the white kept crisp. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because an indigo this deep must stay even through washing and a lilac this pale must not fade into it, and because a robe for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide violet sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long column of blossom with the violet band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is an indigo kimono with purple and white falling down it. At thirty centimetres the wisteria shows every bell, the cherry blossom shows its five petals, and the black streams show their soft edges. It is a print drawn with care for both distances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a spring evening outdoors. Open over white, it is a robe with the two best weeks of the Japanese year on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207694516572,"sku":"14:350852#10;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/indigo-wisteria-kimono-robe-fujidana-1.jpg?v=1790580073"},{"product_id":"retro-japanese-kimono-kanbai","title":"Retro Japanese Kimono 'Kanbai'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLarge plum blossoms in red, white and black, drawn the way the seventies drew them\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers on this kimono are big, flat and bold, and they are drawn the way Japanese textile designers drew them in the seventies: plum blossoms the size of a hand in brick red, white and black, five rounded petals each, with black leaves between them and small dotted centres in blue and yellow, packed edge to edge with almost no ground showing. The obi is mustard, wide and crinkled, and against red and black it is the one colour that could have been chosen and the one that was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the retro piece in the collection and the one with the most attitude, because the palette, red, black, white and mustard, is the palette of a good record sleeve, and the flowers are drawn without a single soft edge. It does not look like a costume. It looks like a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kanbai, is the winter plum, the tree that flowers in the cold before anything else, and the red on the cloth is the red of its blossom against snow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the edges of every petal kept hard and the three colours kept clean against each other. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a red this flat must stay flat through washing and the white must stay white, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide mustard sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long column of blossom with the mustard band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is red and black flowers on white. At thirty centimetres the dotted centres appear, in blue and yellow, and the black leaves show their outline. It is a print drawn to be read from across a street, and it reads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the outfit for someone who wants a kimono and does not want a pretty one. Open over black, it is a robe that makes a room look like a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207694745948,"sku":"14:771#1;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/retro-japanese-kimono-kanbai-1.jpg?v=1790580096"},{"product_id":"womens-navy-chrysanthemum-yukata-kikka","title":"Women's Navy Chrysanthemum Yukata 'Kikka'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eChrysanthemums in white, lilac and blue packed across navy, with a pink obi\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chrysanthemum is the flower of the Japanese autumn and the emblem of its throne, and on this yukata it is drawn in the round, every petal, dozens of blooms in white, lilac and two blues with red and yellow centres, packed edge to edge across a navy ground so that the dark shows only in the gaps between petals. The obi is pink, wide, with a faint pattern woven into it, and it is the one warm colour on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the densest of the women's florals and the most traditional in its subject, and the pink obi is what keeps it from looking like a reproduction: on navy and blue, a wide band of pink is a modern decision, and the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kikka, means chrysanthemum flower, the plain name for the plain subject, and there is nothing on the cloth but that, which is a kind of confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the white of the petals kept crisp and the blues kept distinct from the navy behind them. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a navy this deep must stay even through washing and the white must not grey, and because a yukata is for warm evenings and should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide pink sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the yukata closes into a long column of flowers with the pink band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a navy yukata with a pale bloom on it. At thirty centimetres each chrysanthemum shows its petals, drawn one by one from the centre out, and the colours separate into their four tones. It is a small print drawn carefully, and it holds up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the outfit for a summer festival, with sandals and a fan. Open over white, it is a robe in the flower of the season that comes after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207696482652,"sku":"14:350850#5;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/womens-navy-chrysanthemum-yukata-kikka-1.jpg?v=1790580063"},{"product_id":"cream-floral-japanese-kimono-hanagoromo","title":"Cream Floral Japanese Kimono 'Hanagoromo'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePlum-coloured flowers on cream stripes, with an orange note and a red obi\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath the flowers on this kimono there are stripes. Fine grey lines run down the cream ground, close-set, like the pinstripe of a man's yukata, and over them the flowers are printed in a single family of colour, plum, magenta and wine, chrysanthemums and plum blossom and small round crests, with a few blooms in orange to break the run. The obi is red, wide and flat, and it is deeper than any of the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most old-fashioned print in the women's range in the best sense, because a stripe under a floral is a device from the kimono of a century ago, when cloth was woven striped and printed after, and the result has a depth that a plain ground never has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hanagoromo, means flower robe, the old poetic word for the kimono a woman wore to see the cherry trees, and this is a flower robe with the stripe of a working one underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the stripes and the flowers printed as one design so the lines run unbroken under the petals. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a cream this pale must stay pale through washing and a plum this deep must not run, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide red sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long striped column with the flowers scattered down it and the red band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a cream kimono with plum on it. At thirty centimetres the stripes appear under the flowers, the crests show their patterns, and the orange blooms separate from the plum ones. It is a print with two layers, and both are drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a spring afternoon that wants to look like it has a history. Open over white, it is a robe with a stripe and a garden on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207696548188,"sku":"14:365458#4;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/cream-floral-japanese-kimono-hanagoromo-1.jpg?v=1790580099"},{"product_id":"sunflower-summer-yukata-natsubi","title":"Sunflower Summer Yukata 'Natsubi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSunflowers on white with green leaves, and a mustard sash crinkled at the waist\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunflowers are not a traditional Japanese motif, and this yukata does not care. Yellow flowers with brown centres, drawn large and turned to face out, scatter across a white ground with green leaves between them, from the collar to the hem and over the sleeves, with enough white showing that the print reads as flowers on cloth rather than a field. The obi is mustard, wide and crinkled, a deeper yellow than the petals, and it puts the warmest colour on the garment at the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the happiest print in the women's range and the one that reads most like August. Sunflowers are the flower of the Japanese summer holidays, the fields children are photographed in, and a yukata is the garment of the same month. Putting the two together is obvious, and it works, on the cloth and on the person wearing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Natsubi, means a summer day, the long, hot, bright kind, and it is the day the yukata is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the yellow kept clean and the white around it kept white. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a white this white must stay white through washing and a yellow this bright must not dull, and because a yukata for hot days should weigh nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide mustard sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the yukata closes into a long white column with the flowers scattered down it and the yellow band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is yellow flowers on white. At thirty centimetres each sunflower shows its petals and its seed head, and the leaves show their veins. It is a print drawn simply, and drawn well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the outfit for a summer festival, with sandals and a fan. Open over white, it is a robe that turns a kitchen into a garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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The obi is red, wide, the width a woman's obi is meant to be, and it matches the flowers exactly, so the waist reads as one more peony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the boldest yukata in the women's range and the one that looks most like a festival. Red and blue is the palette of a summer night in Japan, the lanterns and the sky, and this print uses it at full volume. It is not a piece for hiding in. It is a piece for being found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hibotan, is the scarlet peony, the flower that Japanese cloth has used for wealth and boldness for centuries, and the one on this yukata is drawn to earn the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, with the red kept flat and clean and the white leaves kept crisp against the blue. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a blue this bright must stay bright and a red this red must not run, and because a yukata is for warm evenings and should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide red sash that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the yukata closes into a long column of flowers with the red band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is red on blue. At thirty centimetres the peonies show their layers and the leaves show their veins, drawn in white line inside the white. It is a print made to be seen from a distance, and it is drawn well enough to survive being seen from close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is the outfit for a summer festival, with sandals and nothing else. Open over white, it is a robe that wakes the room up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. It is Asian sizing and runs small, so it sits closer than a Western one-size; the wrap and the obi give the room, and set the waist where you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207696712028,"sku":"14:193#2;5:4653#kimono and belt","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/womens-blue-peony-yukata-hibotan-1.jpg?v=1790579988"},{"product_id":"lilac-long-japanese-kimono-fujiiro","title":"Lilac Long Japanese Kimono 'Fujiiro'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA large hemp-leaf star pattern in lilac, blue and brown on white, tied in purple\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe oldest lattice in Japan, drawn large and coloured in. The hemp-leaf pattern covers this kimono in lilac lines on white, six-pointed stars set edge to edge, and at the centre of each star a burst of colour, blue in one, brown in the next, blue again, so the lattice reads as a field of flowers seen from above rather than as a grid. The obi is purple, wide and crinkled, and it takes the darkest tone of the lilac and makes a band of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the geometric piece in the women's range, and the one for people who like a pattern to be a pattern. It is also, from across a room, soft: the lilac is pale, the white is warm, and the blue and brown centres blur into a haze of dots. Only up close does the geometry show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Fujiiro, is wisteria colour, the pale purple of the flower and the traditional name for this exact lilac, worn in the old court in May.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the lines of the lattice kept fine and the star centres shaded rather than flat. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a white this white must stay white through washing and a lilac this pale must not fade, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide purple sash with a crinkled texture that wraps twice and ties at the back. Cross the fronts left over right, tie the obi, and the kimono closes into a long lattice with the purple band across the middle, which is where the pattern wants a horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pale kimono with a soft dotted haze on it. At thirty centimetres the haze becomes stars, the stars become a lattice, and each centre shows its shading from blue or brown to white. It is a print that changes completely with distance, and that is its charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide sleeves and a wrap front that adjusts at the waist. Tied, it is a dress for a summer festival that wants to look Japanese without a single flower on it. Open over white, it is a robe in the calmest pattern in the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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This one is navy, and the cloth is a crinkled double gauze, two thin layers woven together and washed until the surface puckers, so it holds air against the skin and never sticks. The one decoration is a spray of bamboo embroidered at the collar and over the shoulder in grey and white thread, three stalks and their leaves, the size of a hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is where the embroidery belongs on a jinbei, high and to one side, where a family crest would sit on a kimono, and it is the only place on the garment where anything happens. Below it, a side tie holds the front closed, a patch pocket sits on the hip, the sleeves stop at the elbow, and the trousers are plain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Chikurin, is a bamboo grove, the cool green shade the plant makes in summer, and the embroidery is a corner of one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bamboo is embroidered, not printed, with the leaves worked in satin stitch so they catch the light differently from the cloth around them. The gauze is cotton, crinkled in the finish rather than by ironing, so it goes back to its texture after every wash and never needs pressing. It is light, it breathes, and it dries in an hour on a line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear the top crossed left over right and knot the tie at the hip. The trousers have a soft waist and sit where you leave them. At home the set is the coolest thing you can wear with the windows open. Outside, with sandals, it is what half of Japan wears to the shops in August, and nobody looks twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp close the crinkle shows its pattern, a fine random pucker across the whole cloth, and the embroidery shows its stitches. From across a garden it is a navy two-piece with a pale mark at the shoulder. Both are right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set comes as two pieces and they are meant to be worn together, but the top works on its own over a T-shirt and shorts, and the trousers work on their own with anything. Wash them together, cold, and they will fade together, which is how a set should age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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