NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion

Japanese Kids' White Juban – Cranes, Auspicious Motifs, and the Art of the Undergarment

Japanese Kids' White Juban – Cranes, Auspicious...

A vintage Japanese children's white juban in soft synthetic fabric — 95cm, cranes and auspicious motifs woven into the cloth. For display, costume, creative styling, or upcycling. The undergarment that...

Japanese Kids' White Juban – Cranes, Auspicious...

A vintage Japanese children's white juban in soft synthetic fabric — 95cm, cranes and auspicious motifs woven into the cloth. For display, costume, creative styling, or upcycling. The undergarment that...

Japanese Fire Brigade Leader Jacket – 1920s–30s Wool, a Uniform That No Longer Exists

Japanese Fire Brigade Leader Jacket – 1920s–30s...

A 1920s–30s Japanese vintage wool jacket believed worn by a fire brigade leader — an organization reorganized out of existence in 1939. Black wool, police and military-inspired design, evidence of...

Japanese Fire Brigade Leader Jacket – 1920s–30s...

A 1920s–30s Japanese vintage wool jacket believed worn by a fire brigade leader — an organization reorganized out of existence in 1939. Black wool, police and military-inspired design, evidence of...

Black Furoshiki – Japanese Vintage Fabric Rarer Than Boro, Taisho Era Cotton

Black Furoshiki – Japanese Vintage Fabric Rarer...

A Taisho-era vintage Japanese black cotton furoshiki, 125 × 135cm. Black cotton furoshiki is rarer than boro and sashiko — the kind of piece that serious collectors of Japanese vintage...

Black Furoshiki – Japanese Vintage Fabric Rarer...

A Taisho-era vintage Japanese black cotton furoshiki, 125 × 135cm. Black cotton furoshiki is rarer than boro and sashiko — the kind of piece that serious collectors of Japanese vintage...

Boro Sashiko Noragi Coat – Museum-Grade Japanese Vintage Indigo Kasuri, Two Faces, 123cm

Boro Sashiko Noragi Coat – Museum-Grade Japanes...

A museum-grade Taisho to early Showa boro sashiko noragi coat — 123cm, front in kasuri, back in stripe and plain crazy pattern, dense artistic sashiko throughout. The kind of piece...

Boro Sashiko Noragi Coat – Museum-Grade Japanes...

A museum-grade Taisho to early Showa boro sashiko noragi coat — 123cm, front in kasuri, back in stripe and plain crazy pattern, dense artistic sashiko throughout. The kind of piece...

Yutan: The Japanese Emerald Green Textile That Began as a Wedding Gift

Yutan: The Japanese Emerald Green Textile That ...

A Taisho to early Showa yutan — the decorative cover once given as a wedding gift — in emerald green cotton with somenuki resist-dyeing, tsutsugaki freehand paste-resist, and a bold...

Yutan: The Japanese Emerald Green Textile That ...

A Taisho to early Showa yutan — the decorative cover once given as a wedding gift — in emerald green cotton with somenuki resist-dyeing, tsutsugaki freehand paste-resist, and a bold...

The Haori That Spent Fifty Years Waiting — Daruma, Nana Korobi Ya Oki, and a Deadstock Jacket Nobody Ever Wore

The Haori That Spent Fifty Years Waiting — Daru...

There is a moment, when you first hold a true deadstock piece, that is unlike anything else in vintage collecting. The fabric has not softened with wear. The seams have...

The Haori That Spent Fifty Years Waiting — Daru...

There is a moment, when you first hold a true deadstock piece, that is unlike anything else in vintage collecting. The fabric has not softened with wear. The seams have...