Taisho era silk hitoe kimono with flying manji

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Taisho era silk hitoe kimono with flying manji

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Taisho era silk hitoe kimono with flying manji

Gorgeous Taisho era hitoe (unlined summer weight) silk kimono in a beautiful blue with white flying manji.

This super cool kimono is just right for a hot summer day’s wear. For very casual wear you could combine this with a ro (very light) juban and a soft unlined obi, or wear it as a super light robe round your home..

Hitoe: Literally “one layer”. Hitoe used as a noun is a name for the unlined silk summer kimono. As an adjective, hitoe is used to describe a single-layered garment


Taisho Roman: Design characterised by the modern and romantic fashion mixed Japanese and European cultures in Taisho era.


Taisho is Japan’s Jazz Age. Can it be summed up in a phrase? It often is:ero-guro-nansensu — eroticism, grotesquerie, nonsense.

The term “Taisho Roman” refers to the cultural stylings of the Taisho Period of Japanese history (1912-1926), combined with the shortened form ‘romantic’. An appropriate English translation might be “romantic vintage”.

In terms of wafuku, Taisho Roman often begins with Taisho-era kimono, or kimono that have similar visual cues, such as bright colors and/or large, bold designs. The kimono is then heavily accessorized with elements of Western fashion from the 1920s, and occassionally touches of the 1910s or early 1930s.

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Weight 0.800 kg


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