{"title":"Kimono","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe kimono is a full-length wrap garment closed with an obi, its pattern running continuously across the body and sleeves. Explore designs from blossom and peacock through to townscape and geometric repeats.\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":"womens-red-geisha-kimono-fugaku","title":"Women's Red Geisha Kimono 'Fugaku'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA geisha at the hem, a pagoda above, blossom to the collar, on red satin\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe picture on this kimono starts at the hem and works up. 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. It is Asian sizing, 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":59207692484956,"sku":"14:29#Style B;5:200003528","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/womens-red-geisha-kimono-fugaku-1.jpg?v=1790579878"},{"product_id":"womens-magenta-kimono-robe-tsutsuji","title":"Women's Magenta Kimono Robe 'Tsutsuji'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMagenta satin fading to pale at the shoulders, with a pagoda scene at the hem\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody expects this colour on a kimono, which is the reason to wear it. 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. Magenta is the afternoon, in sun, and it photographs like nothing else in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tsutsuji, is the azalea, the shrub that turns whole hillsides this exact pink in May, and it is the flower Japanese gardens plant when they want a colour that can be seen from the road.\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 magenta this saturated must stay saturated through washing, and because satin is what gives the fade its glow. It is light, and it moves when you walk.\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 column that runs from pale at the top to hot at the bottom.\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 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. Tied, it is an evening dress with a picture on it. Open over black, it is a robe that makes the room look better. Black shoes, nothing else printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a navy kimono with pale shapes on it. At thirty centimetres the geisha at the hem have faces, the pagoda has its roofs, and the blossom inside the cloud panels shows every petal against the dark. It is a print for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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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. It is light, and it moves when you walk.\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 pale column with the tail of the bird 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 a dress for a spring afternoon. Open over white, it is a robe in the gentlest print in the collection, and the one to give to someone who says they do not wear prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a pink dress. At thirty centimetres the peacock's tail shows every eye in rose and green, the peonies show their layers, and the gold edge of the collar catches the light. It is the print in the family that keeps its secrets longest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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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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The collar is white with a small pattern. The obi is matched to the cloth. In the photograph the model holds a red folding fan; the fan is for the picture and is not part of the set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the floral in the collection with the most contrast, because red and cream on black is as far apart as colours get, and the flowers are drawn large enough to be read from across a room. It looks like a lacquer tray, and it wears like one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kantsubaki, is the winter camellia, the variety that opens in December and drops its flowers whole rather than petal by petal, which is why it was planted at temples and avoided by samurai. On cloth it is only beautiful.\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 and red must stay red through washing, 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 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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There is no bird and no scene, just the colour, the blossom and the fans. The collar is white. The obi is the same red, with a braided cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the simplest of the red kimono in the collection and the most cheerful, because the white is crisp and the fans are a happy motif: a fan opens outward, and in Japan that is the shape of a future getting wider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Suehiro, means exactly that, spreading toward the end, and it is the polite word for a folding fan and the name given to a wish for good fortune. The fans on the cloth are the wish, drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not embroidered, on a polyester satin with a smooth, glossy face and a fluid drape, chosen because an orange-red this bright must stay bright through washing and the white must stay white, and because satin is what makes the colour glow. It is light and it moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a matching sash with a 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 red with the blossom breaking across it and the fans opening down the front.\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 celebration, a birthday, a New Year, an evening that deserves a colour. Open over white, it is a robe that makes the morning look better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is red. At thirty centimetres the fans show their ribs and their gold edges, the blossom shows its stamens, and the cord on the obi shows its braid. It is a print with three elements, and each one is drawn properly.\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. 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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. 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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 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. 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 burgundy 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 drifting down it and the burgundy band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a white kimono with soft purple on it. At thirty centimetres each peony shows its shading, petal over petal, and the leaves show their grey-green. It is a print that looks painted, and it was drawn to.\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 afternoon that wants to look calm. 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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. The cloth is polyester with a dry, matte hand, chosen because a cream this pale must stay pale through washing and a red this red must not run, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, a wide teal 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 cream column with the flowers scattered down it and the teal band across the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is pink on cream with dark lines through it. At thirty centimetres each chrysanthemum shows its petals, the plum blossom shows its five, and the grasses show the flick at the end of each stroke. It is a print drawn by someone who had looked at the old ones.\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 traditional. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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":59207696777564,"sku":"14:350853#14;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\/lilac-long-japanese-kimono-fujiiro-1.jpg?v=1790580054"},{"product_id":"modern-mens-kimono-enso","title":"Modern Men's Kimono 'Enso'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite brushed circles overlapping across dark navy, the Zen ring drawn a hundred times\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne circle, drawn with a brush in a single stroke, is the most famous mark in Zen. This kimono draws it a hundred times. White rings sweep across a dark navy ground, overlapping, crossing, some complete and some open where the brush lifted, each one showing the dry streaks of the bristles, from the shoulder over the sleeves and down to the hem. The obi is grey, wide and flat, and it is the only straight line on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most modern piece in the men's range and the most Japanese at the same time, because the circle is the oldest mark in the calligraphy tradition and repeating it turns it into a pattern that reads like a print from a design studio. It looks like it belongs in a gallery, and it wears like a robe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Enso, is that circle, the ring a Zen monk draws in one breath to show the state of the mind that drew it. On this kimono there are many, and they are all a little different, which is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, with the streaks of the brush kept in every ring so none of them reads as a stamp. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a navy this dark must stay even under white through washing, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. Grey against navy and white is a calm choice, and the rings need calm around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a dark robe with pale rings on it. At thirty centimetres each ring shows its brush, the place it started and the place it stopped, and the overlaps show which stroke came first. It is built to be looked at twice, and it is one of the strongest prints in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe with a drawing on it. Worn out with black sandals it is an evening outfit that reads graphic from the street and thoughtful from the table, and it goes with black, white, grey and nothing else patterned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Black vertical stripes run down a mid-grey ground, some thin, some wide, unevenly spaced, and between them a dragon is drawn in faint black ink, coiling through the stripes with its scales and whiskers barely a shade darker than the grey, so it appears only when the eye has stopped on the cloth. From a distance it is a striped robe. From a metre away it has a beast in it. The obi is black, wide and flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most discreet dragon in the collection and the most Japanese in its manners, because hiding the picture inside the pattern is exactly what the old kimono-makers did when the laws forbade them to show off. The stripe is the disguise. The dragon is the joke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ryumon, is the dragon gate, the waterfall of the legend that a carp climbs to become a dragon, and the word also means a stripe. The print is both at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the stripes kept sharp and the dragon kept faint on purpose. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a grey this mid must hold a black stripe and a near-invisible drawing at the same time through washing, and because a yukata should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the black obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The obi picks up the widest stripe on the cloth and reads as one more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a grey-and-black striped robe. At thirty centimetres the dragon shows its scales, its claws and its whiskers, drawn in a single tone of ink. It is the print in the collection built most deliberately for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with a secret in it. Worn out with black sandals it is a summer outfit that reads sharp from the street and rewards the person who sits next to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The lattice runs across the body and the sleeves in large lozenges of mid grey and charcoal, each one filled with a fine woven texture that keeps the shapes from reading flat, the lines between them slightly softened so the grid looks like cloth rather than tiles. The obi is cream, wide and flat, and against two greys it is the brightest thing on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most tailored-looking piece in the collection, because a diamond lattice is a pattern from the world of knitwear and hosiery rather than from the world of prints, and on a kimono it reads sharp, dry and slightly English. It is the yukata for someone who owns good jumpers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hishimon, is the diamond crest, the lozenge that Japanese families have worn as a badge since the samurai, drawn from the shape of a water-chestnut leaf. On this cloth it is the whole surface rather than a badge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, though the texture inside each diamond imitates a weave closely enough to fool a glance, and we would rather say so. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand, chosen because two greys this close must stay distinct through washing, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the cream obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The pale obi across the grey lattice is the one contrast on the outfit, and it is where it settles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a grey robe with a pattern in it. At thirty centimetres the diamonds show their texture and the lines between them show their softness. It is the difference between a print and a weave, and this one sits on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe that looks like a good blanket. Worn out with black sandals it is an outfit that reads considered without a single motif to explain, and it goes with grey, black, cream and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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That is what the print on this kimono looks like: thick black loops sweeping across a mid-grey ground, crossing and overlapping, curling back on themselves, running from the shoulder over the sleeve and down the body as if the whole robe had been drawn in a single movement. The line thins where the brush moved fast and thickens where it slowed. The obi is black, wide and flat, the one straight thing on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the boldest of the ink-inspired pieces in the collection, bolder than the washed one and the dragon one, because the line is thick and there is nothing else on the cloth. It is a piece for someone who likes calligraphy and does not need it to say anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shodo, is the way of writing, the Japanese art of the brush, where the quality of a line matters more than the character it forms. The line on this kimono forms no character. It is the quality alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, with the edges of the line kept slightly rough so the loops look brushed rather than drawn. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a grey this mid must stay even under thick black, and because a kimono for warm days should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the black obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The obi is the only straight line on the outfit, and the loops make it look straighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a grey robe with black curves on it. At thirty centimetres the brush shows its edges, the overlaps show which stroke came first, and the grey between the loops shows a faint texture. It is built for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe with a drawing on it. Worn out with black sandals it is an evening outfit that reads modern from the street and Japanese from the table, and it goes with black, grey, white and nothing else patterned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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One colour, a muted grey-blue between charcoal and navy, in a cloth with a fine tone-on-tone texture that keeps the surface from ever reading flat. No stripe, no print, no contrast at the collar. The one note of colour is the obi, a deep burgundy with a small check in the weave, and against the grey-blue it reads like a single line of ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most versatile piece in the collection because it competes with nothing. It takes any obi. It sits under any jacket. It goes to bed and it goes to dinner, and it looks like the same garment doing both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Ainezu, is an old colour name, indigo greyed with mouse, the traditional word for exactly this shade: a blue that has decided not to be bright. It is the colour of the cloth, described rather than sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe weave is polyester with a dry, slightly brushed hand and a fine texture, chosen because a solid colour this even must stay even through washing, and because a kimono worn in the warm months should hang light. It is not lined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the burgundy obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. On a plain cloth the obi is the whole composition, so tie it neatly and set it a little low, which is where a man's obi sits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe that looks like a decision. Worn out with sandals it is a summer outfit that reads calm from across the street and considered from across a table. Wear it with nothing patterned, because it is the piece for people who do not want a pattern. Black sandals, and a white tee underneath if the evening cools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a dark robe with a red belt. At thirty centimetres the weave shows its texture, a fine grain running through the colour, and the burgundy obi shows its check. That is all there is to see, and it is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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They overlap across a black ground in long pointed shapes, each one filled with a different pattern, a cream checkerboard, a field of blue dots, a fine black-and-cream check, a plain cream, so the print reads as a pile of leaves cut from other cloth and laid on the robe. The obi is cream, wide and flat, and it is the one plain surface on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most graphic of the men's kimono and the most playful, because it takes a natural shape and fills it with geometry, which is a trick Japanese textile designers have enjoyed for three hundred years. 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Large fern fronds climb the navy ground in a paler blue, drawn as full leaves with every leaflet, sweeping diagonally up the body and over the sleeves. Because the two blues sit so close, the ferns read as shadow from a distance and as a botanical print from a metre away. The obi is a pale grey-blue, flat and wide, a third blue that lifts the other two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the calmest printed piece in the collection. Nothing on it is a symbol. There is no crane, no wave, no character to explain, just leaves, and the effect is closer to a good shirt than to a costume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shinobu, is the hare's-foot fern, the plant Japanese houses hang in balls from the eaves in summer to cool the air, and the word also means to endure quietly, which is a good description of the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fronds are printed, not woven, with the pale blue kept soft at the edges so the leaves look drawn rather than stamped. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a navy this deep must stay even through washing and the pale blue must not fade into it, and because a yukata is for warm weather and should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The pale obi against the navy is the one contrast on the outfit, and it is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with a garden on it. Worn out with dark sandals it is a summer outfit that reads navy from the street and reveals itself at the table. It goes with white, grey and any blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a navy robe with a shadow on it. At thirty centimetres the shadow becomes ferns, every leaflet drawn, climbing the cloth in the same direction. The print is large, so a single frond crosses a whole sleeve, and that scale is what keeps it calm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Fine white stripes run down the cloth in bands, some close and some spaced, and across them float pale blue circles of different sizes, some the size of a coin, some the size of a plate, transparent enough that the stripes show through them. Bubbles, or moons on a river, or the rings a drop makes. The obi is brown, wide and flat, and against the blue it is a jetty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the freshest piece in the men's range and the most summery, because the blue is the blue of a swimming pool and the circles are the only round things in a collection of stripes. It looks cool, in both senses, and it looks best in sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Minamo, is the surface of the water, the word for the top of a pond or a river where the light lands, and the print is that surface drawn in two colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the circles kept translucent so the stripes run through them. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a blue this bright must stay bright through washing and the white must stay white, and because a summer yukata should weigh nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the brown obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. Brown against bright blue is a warm, slightly old-fashioned pairing, and it is the one that stops the outfit looking like sportswear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a striped blue robe. At thirty centimetres the circles appear, the stripes show through them, and the two patterns overlap without either one winning. It is built for the second look and for the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe for a hot morning. 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Look at the cloth in daylight and clouds move through it, drawn in a black a shade lighter than the ground, drifting across the body and the sleeves like smoke seen at night. In a dim room they vanish and the robe is simply black. In the sun they come back. The obi is grey, wide and flat, and it is the only thing on the garment that stays the same colour whatever the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the piece for someone who wants a black kimono and does not want a flat one. The tonal print gives the surface depth without giving it a pattern anyone could name, and from across a room it reads as the plainest robe in the range. It is not, and the difference shows in daylight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kurokumo, means black cloud, which is exactly what is printed on it, and the storm the name suggests is a quiet one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the clouds kept only a shade off the ground so they never read as a motif. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because two blacks this close must stay distinct through washing, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. On black, the obi is the composition, so tie it flat and let it sit a little low.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a black robe. At thirty centimetres, in light, the clouds appear, soft-edged and moving in one direction, and the cloth shows its texture. It is the print in the collection that depends most on the weather, and that is the point of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is the best black robe in the house. 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Pale grey braids loop and cross over a black ground in panels and knots, interlaced the way the cords of a samurai's armour or the tie of an obi were braided, with lattice squares and diagonal nets between them, so the cloth reads as a dark surface with string laid across it. Up close it is intricate. From across a room it is a graphic black-and-grey print with a rhythm to it. The obi is plain grey, wide and flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the piece in the collection with a craft behind it rather than a picture. Every motif on it is a cord, and cords in Japan were never decoration: they held swords, tied boxes, closed kimono, and the braiding of them was an art with its own schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kumihimo, is that art, the braiding of fine cords by hand on a round stand, still practised in Kyoto and still used for the cord that ties a formal obi. The print is the cords without the stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the pale grey kept slightly soft so the braids look drawn rather than stamped. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because black must stay black around pale line work, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. On a print made of cords, the obi is the one real cord, and it belongs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe with a pattern you can trace with a finger. Worn out with black sandals it is an evening outfit that reads sharp and monochrome, and it goes with nothing else patterned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is black with grey movement. At thirty centimetres the braids show their strands, the lattices show their crossings, and the knots show how they were tied. It is a print to trace with a finger, and people will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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A small pattern covers the whole cloth: flowers and round medallions set inside a fine diamond lattice, drawn in grey on charcoal, so dense and so even that from across a room it reads as a texture and only up close as a design. The obi is brown, wide and flat, a warm note against a cool ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most traditional-looking piece in the men's range, because a small all-over pattern, komon, is what Japanese men wore for everyday for three hundred years: never a picture, never a stripe you could see from the street, just a fine, dark, busy surface that meant the wearer had taste and did not need to prove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kobana, means small flowers, which is what the pattern is made of, and it is the humblest name in the collection for one of the most refined pieces in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the lattice kept fine and the flowers kept legible at a scale where they could easily blur. 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It is built for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with a garden in the dark. Worn out with dark sandals it is a summer outfit that reads modern from the street and botanical from the table, and it goes with black, grey and brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Round medallions of breaking surf, foam curling at the crest, are drawn in grey line on a black ground and scattered across the cloth at different sizes, some the size of a fist and some the size of a plate, the way old textiles drew waves as crests rather than as water. The obi is grey-blue, wide and flat, and it picks up the grey of the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the wave print in the men's range that reads least like a picture and most like a pattern, because the circles keep each wave separate and the black between them stays black. From across a room it is a dark robe with pale coins on it. Up close every coin is the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Shiranami, means white waves, the crests seen from the shore at night, and the word was also the old slang for a thief, from a play about a gang who wore them. On this yukata the waves are grey, and the only thing stolen is the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the line of each wave kept fine and the black around it kept matte. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because black must stay black around grey line work through washing, and because a yukata for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey-blue obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The obi is the one solid on the garment, and the circles around it make it look wider than it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is black with pale rounds on it. At thirty centimetres each round shows its crest, its foam and the curl of the water, drawn differently in each one. It is a print built for the second look and drawn well enough to earn it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with the sea on it in coins. Worn out with black sandals it is a summer outfit that reads sharp from the street and traditional from the table, and it goes with black, grey and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Large black leaves, vine tendrils and round blossoms cross a mid-grey ground in a texture that breaks and speckles at the edges, the way ink does through a worn stencil, so the print reads as aged rather than fresh. It runs across the body and the sleeves at a large scale, a single leaf the size of a hand. The obi is cream, wide and flat, and it is the only clean edge on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the floral in the men's range that does not read as floral. Black on grey, distressed, large, it looks closer to a woodcut or a stencil than to a flower print, and it wears like a graphic rather than a garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Sumibana, means ink flowers, and it says what the print is: flowers drawn in ink rather than in colour, with the ink allowed to do what ink does at the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not stencilled, though it is drawn to look it, with the broken texture kept in the print rather than added by wear. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a grey this mid must not go muddy under black, and because a yukata for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the cream obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The clean obi across the worn print is the one sharp line on the outfit, and it is the right one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a grey robe with dark shapes on it. At thirty centimetres the shapes are leaves and vines, and the edges show their speckle and break, the mark of the stencil the print is imitating. It is built for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe that looks like it has a past. Worn out with dark sandals it is a summer outfit that reads monochrome from the street and botanical from the table, and it goes with grey, black and cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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Arcs and sweeps of black ink curve across a mid-grey ground, dense where the brush was full and broken into dry streaks where it ran out, with pale grey washes between them, so the cloth reads as a large ink painting wrapped round the body. Nothing on it is a picture of anything. It is the movement of a brush, printed. The obi is plain grey, wide and flat, and it gives the eye a rest at the waist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most painterly piece in the collection and one of the strongest, because it borrows the look of sumi-e, the ink painting that Japan learned from China and made its own, without borrowing a single motif from it. The strokes could be waves, or wind, or nothing. That is the idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Bokuseki, means traces of ink, the word for the brushed calligraphy of Zen monks, where the stroke matters more than the word. On this kimono there are no words, only the strokes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not painted, with the dry-brush edges kept rough so the ink looks brushed rather than drawn. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a grey with this much black on it must not go muddy through washing, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The plain obi across the painted cloth reads like a frame, and it is where the composition settles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe that looks like a gallery wall. Worn out with black sandals it is an outfit that no one will read as a costume and everyone will read as considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a grey robe with dark movement across it. At thirty centimetres the strokes show their dry edges and the places the brush lifted, and the grey between them shows its wash. It is built to be looked at twice and it survives the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. 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":59207702937948,"sku":"14:350853#15;5:361386#M 168-177cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207702970716,"sku":"14:350853#15;5:361385#L 178-184cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207703003484,"sku":"14:350853#15;5:100014065#XL 185-194cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/mens-ink-wash-kimono-bokuseki-1.jpg?v=1790579914"},{"product_id":"indigo-foliage-kimono-konoha","title":"Indigo Foliage Kimono 'Konoha'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLeaves and branches printed a shade lighter into navy, like a batik, tied in grey-blue\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pattern on this kimono looks like it was made with wax. Leaves and branches run across a deep navy ground in a lighter indigo, their edges slightly broken and their surfaces mottled, the way a resist dye leaves a pattern when the wax cracks in the vat. It covers the whole cloth, body and sleeves, at a scale where a single branch crosses a shoulder. The obi is pale grey-blue, wide and flat, the lightest tone on the garment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the piece in the men's range that reads most like a textile rather than a print, because the mottling is the look of a craft, and the two blues are the palette of every indigo cloth Japan ever made. From across a room it is a navy robe with a shadow in it. From across a table it is a forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Konoha, means tree leaves, the foliage of the print, and the word carries the sound of leaves in wind in Japanese, which is what the pattern looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not resist-dyed, though it is drawn to look it, with the cracks and the mottling kept in the print. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because two blues this close must stay distinct through washing, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the pale obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The light obi across the dark foliage is the one contrast on the outfit, and it is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a navy robe with a texture in it. At thirty centimetres the texture becomes leaves, every one drawn, with the broken edges and the mottled fill of the dye the print is imitating. It is built for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. Worn at home it is a robe with a garden in the dark. Worn out with dark sandals it is an evening outfit that reads navy from the street and botanical from the table, and it goes with white, grey and any blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. 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":59207703069020,"sku":"14:29#16;5:361386#M 168-177cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207703101788,"sku":"14:29#16;5:361385#L 178-184cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207703134556,"sku":"14:29#16;5:100014065#XL 185-194cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/indigo-foliage-kimono-konoha-1.jpg?v=1790580040"},{"product_id":"traditional-mens-yukata-asanoha","title":"Traditional Men's Yukata 'Asanoha'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA fine hemp-leaf lattice on black, with bands of blue pattern running down it\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook closely at the black on this yukata and it is a net. A fine hemp-leaf lattice, the six-pointed star pattern that Japanese cloth has used since the Edo period, covers the whole ground in a black a shade lighter than the black around it, so it reads as texture from a distance and as geometry up close. Down the body and the sleeves run narrow vertical bands of a small blue pattern, spaced wide, like stripes made of embroidery. The obi is grey-blue, wide and flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most traditional piece in the men's range and the most quietly detailed, because both patterns on it are old ones and neither is shown off. The lattice was the pattern sewn on babies' clothes for strength, the hemp plant growing straight and fast. The bands are the stripe of the townsman. Together they are a yukata that a man in the old capital would have recognised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Asanoha, is the hemp leaf, the lattice itself, the most-used geometric pattern in the country and the one every Japanese person can draw from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the lattice kept only a shade off the ground and the blue bands kept sharp. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because two blacks this close must stay distinct through washing, and because a yukata for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey-blue obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The obi picks up the blue of the bands and reads as one more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a black robe with thin blue stripes. At thirty centimetres the lattice appears across the whole cloth, star after star, and the bands separate into their small repeating pattern. It is the yukata in the collection with the most going on and the least showing, and that is the tradition it comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with a pattern you find by touch. Worn out with black sandals it is a summer outfit that reads correct from the street and detailed from the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. 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":59207703200092,"sku":"14:10#14;5:361386#M 168-177cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207703232860,"sku":"14:10#14;5:361385#L 178-184cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207703265628,"sku":"14:10#14;5:100014065#XL 185-194cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/traditional-mens-yukata-asanoha-1.jpg?v=1790580048"},{"product_id":"mens-medallion-kimono-tatewaku","title":"Men's Medallion Kimono 'Tatewaku'","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePale streaks falling down navy like rain, with round crests in white line between\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things are printed on this kimono, and they were made for each other. First, streaks: bands of fine pale-blue lines running down the navy cloth and fading out at each end, like rain seen against a dark sky or the broken stripe of an ikat weave. Second, medallions: round crests drawn in white line, each one a different design, a koi curled in a circle, a dragon, a flower, scattered between the streaks across the body and the sleeves. The obi is pale grey, flat and wide, a third tone that sits between the other two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a print with a rhythm, vertical and interrupted, and it is the reason the kimono looks tall. The streaks draw the eye down, the crests stop it, and the obi cuts across the middle. Nothing on it is loud, and everything on it is doing something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Tatewaku, is the old name for a rising-steam pattern, pairs of wavy vertical lines that Japanese textiles have used for a thousand years to mean good fortune rising. The streaks on this kimono are that pattern, loosened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the streaks kept soft at their ends and the crests kept crisp. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a navy this deep must stay even through washing and the pale lines must not fade into it, and because a kimono for the warm months should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the grey obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The obi is the only solid on the garment, and it is where the eye rests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a navy robe with pale rain on it. At thirty centimetres the crests separate into their subjects, the koi, the dragon, the flower, and the streaks show every line. It is built for the second look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe with weather on it. Worn out with dark sandals it is an evening outfit that reads navy from the street and detailed from the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. 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":59207703331164,"sku":"14:496#13;5:361386#M 168-177cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59207703363932,"sku":"14:496#13;5:361385#L 178-184cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59207703396700,"sku":"14:496#13;5:100014065#XL 185-194cm","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/mens-medallion-kimono-tatewaku-1.jpg?v=1790579966"},{"product_id":"shibori-print-kimono-hakeme","title":"Shibori Print Kimono 'Hakeme'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA blue lattice with pale strokes brushed across it, as if wiped away\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo patterns share this kimono, one under the other. Underneath, a fine lattice of hexagons in navy and white covers the whole cloth, small and regular, the tortoiseshell net that Japanese textiles have used for a thousand years. Over it, broad strokes of pale blue sweep diagonally across the body and the sleeves, as if someone had dragged a wide brush through wet dye and wiped the lattice away wherever it passed. Order below, movement above. The obi is navy, edged in gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the freshest-looking piece in the collection, the one that reads summer from across the street, because the blues are light and the pattern breathes. Up close it is precise. From a distance it is weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Hakeme, is the brush mark, the technique in Japanese pottery where a coarse brush drags white slip across dark clay and leaves its bristles in the glaze. The pale strokes on this kimono are that mark, printed on cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven, with the lattice kept sharp and the strokes kept soft so the two read as different things. The cloth is polyester with a dry hand and a slight texture, chosen because a pale blue must stay clean through washing and a navy must not bleed into it, and because a summer kimono should hang light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the navy obi twice at the waist and knot it at the hip. The gold edge on the obi is the one warm line on the outfit, and it sits where the eye lands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to walk. Worn at home it is a robe for a hot morning. Worn out with pale sandals it is the summer outfit of the range, and it goes with white, cream and any blue lighter than itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is a light blue robe with weather on it. At thirty centimetres the lattice shows every hexagon and the strokes show where the brush ran dry. The two patterns never blur into each other, which is what makes the print look designed rather than merely printed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from M to XL, by height. It is cut to Asian sizing and runs small, so take one size up from your usual. 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The obi is burgundy with gold stripes, wide, and it knots at the front in the photograph, which is a formal way to tie it and the right one for this cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the richest-looking piece in the men's range, and it earns that at a glance. Teal and gold is the palette of a lacquered box, and the sweep of the grasses gives the long cut something to do from shoulder to hem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kinsusuki, is golden pampas grass, the susuki that turns the hillsides of Japan gold in October and is cut for the moon-viewing festival. The print is that grass, in that light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is printed, not woven or embroidered, on a polyester with a smooth face and a lustrous finish, chosen because the gold needs shine to read as gold, and because a kimono for evenings should still hang light. The lustre is in the cloth, not a foil, and it does not crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi is included, burgundy, red and gold. Cross the fronts left over right, wrap the obi twice at the waist and knot it at the front or the hip. A white collar underneath, as in the photograph, sharpens the whole outfit and is worth the extra minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut is long, falling to the ankle, with wide square sleeves and the room to move. It is not the kimono for breakfast. It is the one for the evening you have been asked to dress for, and it does the dressing on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt three metres it is teal with gold moving across it. At thirty centimetres the grasses separate into plumes and blades, every one drawn, and the lustre on the gold shows as a soft light rather than a shine. It is a print for lamplight, and the cloth was chosen for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in one size, cut long with a generous wrap. 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