Candy-cane likeness for this antique juban. Those diagonal stipes (nanameshima) when red or purple can represent antique tazuna (bridle/reins) or niô-tasuki (ropes holding up sleeves of strong characters,like in kabuki)
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(Modern golden obi with opened-weave work, looking far too much like the many eyes of a biblical angel)
Chic b&w outfit, pairing a sleek geometrical obi, and a refined kimono with setsugekka flowing poems.
雪月花 (setsugekka) lit. means “snow, moon, and flowers”, is the beginning of a famous verse going “I remember you especially when snow, the moon or flowers are beautiful”.
During Edo period, this expression came to represent the passing of seasons (winter snow, autumn moon, spring flowers), and was used as a themed for ukiyoe prints series. Here is one, pretty litteral, by Sakai Hôitsu:
And here is another one, with famous poetesses embodying the concepts (from left to right: Sei Shônagon, Murasaki Shikibu, Ono no Komachi):
You can find more examples on Wikipedia :)
Fantastic depiction of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers for this modern obi.
It’s not the first time I post Van Gogh-inspired kimono items, but the textured here are really *chief’s kiss*
Classy kaki (persimmon) themed outfit, pairing a muted grey kimono, with an obi with huge persimmons among maple leaves. The matching obidome is so pretty!
OP chose paired this with a beautiful black haori with crows woven in metallic threads. So pretty!
Lovely example of stage kimono: big patterns, lot of gold details, and textures (embroidery faking shibori!) are pretty tell-tale. I’d love to see the inners of this kimono to see the hakkake (hem lining) pattern as this kimono (more exactly a hikizuri) would have to be worn trailing.
it was more than probably made for the kabuki dance Fuji-musume (wisteria maiden):
Delicate pattern for this black ground haori, with a discreet pattern of matsuba (pine needles), kinoko (mushrooms), and dainty birds.
I also love that refined cream obi, depicting maple leaves caught in a spiderweb:
Gothic imagery for this modern kimono by Furifu, mixing crows, manor, black cat , witch, etc.
I love the complete look with spiderweb haori, crescent moon bag, and cat in the moon obidome.
