NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Plaid Cotton Futon Cover, Carefully Unstitched, Mid-Showa, 165 × 173cm

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Plaid Cotton Futon Co...

A mid-Showa vintage Japanese plaid cotton futon cover, carefully unstitched into a single cloth of 165 × 173cm. Simple, refined plaid. The quiet beauty of well-worn cotton. A textile that...

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Plaid Cotton Futon Co...

A mid-Showa vintage Japanese plaid cotton futon cover, carefully unstitched into a single cloth of 165 × 173cm. Simple, refined plaid. The quiet beauty of well-worn cotton. A textile that...

The Color That Doesn’t Come Back – A Rare Mauve Japanese Vintage Cape from the Showa Era

The Color That Doesn’t Come Back – A Rare Mauve...

A rare mauve Japanese vintage wool cape from the mid-Showa era — its color, its lineage, and why pieces like this do not surface twice.

The Color That Doesn’t Come Back – A Rare Mauve...

A rare mauve Japanese vintage wool cape from the mid-Showa era — its color, its lineage, and why pieces like this do not surface twice.

The Jacket That Knew Slow Fashion Before It Had a Name

The Jacket That Knew Slow Fashion Before It Had...

A mid-Showa cotton noragi with crazy pattern lining, indigo kasuri collar, and patchwork repairs — the jacket that practiced slow fashion seventy years before the term existed.

The Jacket That Knew Slow Fashion Before It Had...

A mid-Showa cotton noragi with crazy pattern lining, indigo kasuri collar, and patchwork repairs — the jacket that practiced slow fashion seventy years before the term existed.

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Yukata & Tenugui Patchwork Cloth, Mid-Showa, 158 × 157cm

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Yukata & Tenugui Patc...

A mid-Showa vintage Japanese patchwork cloth — 158 × 157cm, stitched from yukata and tenugui-like cotton textiles. Soft texture, different patterns and colors on both sides. Not boro, but composition:...

Japanese Fabric Vintage | Yukata & Tenugui Patc...

A mid-Showa vintage Japanese patchwork cloth — 158 × 157cm, stitched from yukata and tenugui-like cotton textiles. Soft texture, different patterns and colors on both sides. Not boro, but composition:...

Two Faces of Indigo: A Striped Noragi with Deep Indigo Plain Lining, Early to Mid Showa Japan

Two Faces of Indigo: A Striped Noragi with Deep...

An early to mid Showa noragi with two faces: striped cotton outside, deep indigo plain lining inside. The stripe is light and clear; the indigo is deep and quiet. Two...

Two Faces of Indigo: A Striped Noragi with Deep...

An early to mid Showa noragi with two faces: striped cotton outside, deep indigo plain lining inside. The stripe is light and clear; the indigo is deep and quiet. Two...

The Mark in the Corner: A Taisho–Early Showa Indigo Furoshiki and the Person It Belonged To

The Mark in the Corner: A Taisho–Early Showa In...

A Taisho to early Showa vintage Japanese indigo furoshiki — 132 × 132cm, deep indigo still strong after a century, katakana ヨ (yo) marked in one corner. Someone’s cloth, carrying...

The Mark in the Corner: A Taisho–Early Showa In...

A Taisho to early Showa vintage Japanese indigo furoshiki — 132 × 132cm, deep indigo still strong after a century, katakana ヨ (yo) marked in one corner. Someone’s cloth, carrying...