NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion

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...

Uramasari Haori: The Edo-Era Act of Resistance That Became a Design Principle

Uramasari Haori: The Edo-Era Act of Resistance ...

A mid-Showa haori with uramasari — the reversed lining design born when Edo-era sumptuary laws banned bright clothing and common people moved their extravagance inside. 89cm. Beautiful, artistic, and entirely...

Uramasari Haori: The Edo-Era Act of Resistance ...

A mid-Showa haori with uramasari — the reversed lining design born when Edo-era sumptuary laws banned bright clothing and common people moved their extravagance inside. 89cm. Beautiful, artistic, and entirely...

Boro Noragi Jacket – Japanese Vintage Indigo, Kasuri, Shibori, Sashiko: A Century of Repair

Boro Noragi Jacket – Japanese Vintage Indigo, K...

A Meiji to early Showa boro noragi jacket in indigo cotton and linen — kasuri, shibori, crazy patchwork, and dense sashiko hand stitching. Both sides are beautiful. A century of...

Boro Noragi Jacket – Japanese Vintage Indigo, K...

A Meiji to early Showa boro noragi jacket in indigo cotton and linen — kasuri, shibori, crazy patchwork, and dense sashiko hand stitching. Both sides are beautiful. A century of...