This striking antique kimono has a rinzu Greek key and floral motif. The yuzen dyed vertical pattern shows streams of flowing water and intersecting fans filled with auspicious Japanese symbols: mandarin oranges, chrysanthemums, plum blossoms, tortoise shells, paulownia leaves and rice fields. Lovely dyed colors appear on a dark orange gr ...click for details
This is a vintage silk crepe (medium weight) kimono features a rinzu pattern of small arrows, appearing shiny on a royal blue ground. The inside upper two-thirds of the lining appears replaced with red cotton fabric except for old lightweight silk (dyed ‘benibana’ red) lining the sleeves. There is a light green crepe silk lining the bot ...click for details
This lovely lightweight silk shows a woven traditional garden landscape on temple grounds with intricate details woven in light blue-gray, on a violet-blue ground. Swirling water flows under bridges and around rocks, bamboo, pine and willow trees with five story pagodas standing out with their tall spires. This kimono is lined with ...click for details
This lightweight rinzu silk kimono has a detailed pattern of faux shibori flowers and pine filled with many Japanese symbols of good fortune. There are many off-white roundels filled with peonies, mums, mandarin oranges, clematis, irises and diagonal branches of plum blossoms that were dyed on a red raspberry ground. Inside the lining on ...click for details
This is an antique silk kimono featuring woven gold, dark red, light pink and light gray chrysanthemums and circles on a black ground. Inside is a very old silk lining on the upper two-thirds of the lining, dyed ‘benibana’ red; with a light coral crepe lining the bottom one-third.
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Luxurious metallic vintage silk brocade weaving reflects sparkling silver and gold majestic mountains on a white silk ground. This fukuru obi might have previously been sewn into a Nagoya style obi, where the crease lines remain.
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Splendid skillfully woven gray pattern with gold accents reveal flowers, leaves and birds on a smooth satin silk cream ground. A woven floral decorative strip runs lengthwise separating the larger design from lovely butterflies, flowers and leaves woven on the other side of the line.
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Elegant woven Nishijin brocade roundels of flowers appear in shades of green, blue, orange and red and stand out from the luxurious golden metallic path pattern. Surrounding the flowers are detailed butterflies amidst tiny blossoms and leaves on a black ground.
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