NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion

The Yellow Check: A Mid-Showa Futon Cover and the Warmth It Carried

The Yellow Check: A Mid-Showa Futon Cover and t...

A mid-Showa futon cover, carefully unstitched. Yellow checkered cotton, 189cm × 161cm. The soft warmth of aged cotton — a color and texture that modern fabric cannot replicate. For patchwork,...

The Yellow Check: A Mid-Showa Futon Cover and t...

A mid-Showa futon cover, carefully unstitched. Yellow checkered cotton, 189cm × 161cm. The soft warmth of aged cotton — a color and texture that modern fabric cannot replicate. For patchwork,...

Showa-era Japanese indigo kasuri cotton kimono, early to mid Showa period, antique fabric, one of a kind

Kasuri: The Woven Code of Japanese Indigo Textile

There is a kind of beauty that cannot be printed.It can only be woven.Kasuri — the Japanese art of resist-dyeing individual threads before weaving — produces patterns that emerge from...

Kasuri: The Woven Code of Japanese Indigo Textile

There is a kind of beauty that cannot be printed.It can only be woven.Kasuri — the Japanese art of resist-dyeing individual threads before weaving — produces patterns that emerge from...

Showa-era Japanese noragi in solid indigo-dyed cotton, front view of the reverse side

The Art of Noragi: Japan's Indigo Workwear and ...

Long before "slow fashion" became a movement, Japanese farmers had already mastered it. The noragi — a loose, layered work jacket worn in the fields of rural Japan — was...

The Art of Noragi: Japan's Indigo Workwear and ...

Long before "slow fashion" became a movement, Japanese farmers had already mastered it. The noragi — a loose, layered work jacket worn in the fields of rural Japan — was...

Two Panels, One Century: A Taisho–Early Showa Indigo Cotton Fabric

Two Panels, One Century: A Taisho–Early Showa I...

Two panels of indigo-dyed cotton, sewn together in the Taisho to early Showa period. Deep blue, firm yet soft, 65.5cm × 141cm. Wear as a stole, cut for bags and...

Two Panels, One Century: A Taisho–Early Showa I...

Two panels of indigo-dyed cotton, sewn together in the Taisho to early Showa period. Deep blue, firm yet soft, 65.5cm × 141cm. Wear as a stole, cut for bags and...

Noragi: What Japan's Farming Jacket Tells Us About Slow Fashion

Noragi: What Japan's Farming Jacket Tells Us Ab...

The noragi — Japan's traditional farming jacket — was born in the fields of rural Japan, stitched by hand from sturdy cotton. Today, it is finding a new audience: slow...

Noragi: What Japan's Farming Jacket Tells Us Ab...

The noragi — Japan's traditional farming jacket — was born in the fields of rural Japan, stitched by hand from sturdy cotton. Today, it is finding a new audience: slow...

Wearing Time — How a Mitsuboshi Kendo Gi Found Its Place in Slow Fashion

Wearing Time — How a Mitsuboshi Kendo Gi Found ...

Why is a Mitsuboshi kendo gi attracting slow fashion collectors around the world? 100% cotton texture, Made in Japan craftsmanship, and the meaning of wearing something that carries time.

Wearing Time — How a Mitsuboshi Kendo Gi Found ...

Why is a Mitsuboshi kendo gi attracting slow fashion collectors around the world? 100% cotton texture, Made in Japan craftsmanship, and the meaning of wearing something that carries time.