NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion
Front and Back: A Showa Striped Noragi and Its ...
Mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, striped cotton, miyatsuguchi present. Length 73cm, chest 56cm, shoulder 60cm, sleeve 31.5cm, cuff 18cm. Good vintage condition — the fabric has aged without significant damage. The...
Front and Back: A Showa Striped Noragi and Its ...
Mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, striped cotton, miyatsuguchi present. Length 73cm, chest 56cm, shoulder 60cm, sleeve 31.5cm, cuff 18cm. Good vintage condition — the fabric has aged without significant damage. The...
The Futon Unstitched: A Showa Checkered Cotton ...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. A futon cover carefully unstitched into a single large piece of checkered cotton, 131×148cm. The checkered pattern changes expression with viewing angle and light. Tears and...
The Futon Unstitched: A Showa Checkered Cotton ...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. A futon cover carefully unstitched into a single large piece of checkered cotton, 131×148cm. The checkered pattern changes expression with viewing angle and light. Tears and...
The Logic of the Tie: A Mid-Showa Indigo Kasuri...
Mid-Showa Japan. Monpe pants, indigo kasuri cotton, standard front-back panel type tied at the waist with strings. Waist 74cm, total length 69cm, hem 14.5cm. The waist string adjusts to the...
The Logic of the Tie: A Mid-Showa Indigo Kasuri...
Mid-Showa Japan. Monpe pants, indigo kasuri cotton, standard front-back panel type tied at the waist with strings. Waist 74cm, total length 69cm, hem 14.5cm. The waist string adjusts to the...
The Fabric That Fell Like Snow: A Taisho–Showa ...
Taisho to early Showa Japan. Snow pattern kasuri indigo cotton, reworked into a vest. Front buttons, two side pockets, full lining. Length 58cm, chest 52.5cm, shoulder 36cm. The white motifs...
The Fabric That Fell Like Snow: A Taisho–Showa ...
Taisho to early Showa Japan. Snow pattern kasuri indigo cotton, reworked into a vest. Front buttons, two side pockets, full lining. Length 58cm, chest 52.5cm, shoulder 36cm. The white motifs...
Someone Altered the Shoulders: A Showa Noragi f...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, indigo stripe cotton, no miyatsuguchi. Found in rural Tohoku. Past shoulder and hem alterations — someone fitted this jacket to their body, and the...
Someone Altered the Shoulders: A Showa Noragi f...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, indigo stripe cotton, no miyatsuguchi. Found in rural Tohoku. Past shoulder and hem alterations — someone fitted this jacket to their body, and the...
Why the Lining Is Tenugui: A Showa Noragi and t...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, indigo stripe cotton exterior, solid indigo collar, tenugui fabric lining. No miyatsuguchi. Length 87cm, chest 61cm, shoulder 64cm, sleeve 33cm, cuff 22cm. The lining...
Why the Lining Is Tenugui: A Showa Noragi and t...
Early to mid-Showa Japan. Noragi jacket, indigo stripe cotton exterior, solid indigo collar, tenugui fabric lining. No miyatsuguchi. Length 87cm, chest 61cm, shoulder 64cm, sleeve 33cm, cuff 22cm. The lining...