NAMBA SHOUTEN Journal – Kimono-Inspired Modern Fashion
The Dot and the Arrow — Reading the Abstract Ka...
Kasuri Is Not PrintWhen you look at the pattern on this noragi jacket, your first instinct might be to call it printed. It isn't.Kasuri — known outside Japan as ikat...
The Dot and the Arrow — Reading the Abstract Ka...
Kasuri Is Not PrintWhen you look at the pattern on this noragi jacket, your first instinct might be to call it printed. It isn't.Kasuri — known outside Japan as ikat...
The Black Haori That Hides an Entire World Inside
In Japan, black is not just a color. It is a declaration.The black montsuki haori — a formal silk jacket worn over kimono — is the most serious garment in...
The Black Haori That Hides an Entire World Inside
In Japan, black is not just a color. It is a declaration.The black montsuki haori — a formal silk jacket worn over kimono — is the most serious garment in...
A New Dragon Has Arrived — Men’s Haori Jacket, ...
The dragon haori we featured before has already found its owner. But another has arrived — from an earlier era, with a brown silk komon exterior and a lining of...
A New Dragon Has Arrived — Men’s Haori Jacket, ...
The dragon haori we featured before has already found its owner. But another has arrived — from an earlier era, with a brown silk komon exterior and a lining of...
The Color That Only Time Can Make — A Showa-Era...
There is a green that no dye house has ever produced. It exists only in cloth that has lived — cloth that spent decades inside a home, absorbing light from...
The Color That Only Time Can Make — A Showa-Era...
There is a green that no dye house has ever produced. It exists only in cloth that has lived — cloth that spent decades inside a home, absorbing light from...
Noragi in Summer: The Japanese Workwear Trick Y...
Most people reach for a noragi in autumn. The air turns cool, the light goes golden, and suddenly a hand-sewn Japanese work jacket feels exactly right. That instinct makes sense....
Noragi in Summer: The Japanese Workwear Trick Y...
Most people reach for a noragi in autumn. The air turns cool, the light goes golden, and suddenly a hand-sewn Japanese work jacket feels exactly right. That instinct makes sense....
JGSDF Type 65 Work Jacket, PX Issue vs. Issued:...
If you've been collecting Japanese vintage military, you've probably come across the term "PX issue" — but what does it actually mean, and how does it differ from a government-issued...
JGSDF Type 65 Work Jacket, PX Issue vs. Issued:...
If you've been collecting Japanese vintage military, you've probably come across the term "PX issue" — but what does it actually mean, and how does it differ from a government-issued...