Wearing Gold – Japanese Way
Three years ago I visited Mr. Saito in his studio in Kyoto. On washi paper, he first applied Urushi lacquer. Next he carefully placed ultra-thin gold films on top of it. Yes, the real, 24K
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Category: Kimono
Why Wear Kimono at Celebrate Asia Concert
The Seattle Symphony’s Celebrate Asia concert celebrated the tenth anniversary last night. The conductor DaYe Lin was full of life! Nishat Kahn’s sitar playing was so moving. The young composer Bochan Li’s piece was dynamic.
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The Process of Making Yuzen Kimono
Founded in 1555, Chiso has a long history of making kimono, and is well known for its beautiful Yuzen. Chiso created a short movie describing the process of Yuzen. As the movie shows, making Yuzen
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A Yuzen Hand-Painted Kimono Fabric on Sale
Semba Center Building in Osaka is one of my favorite shopping venues in Japan. When I was a child, my mother used to go there to find fabrics for my clothes. In those days Semba
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Day 3: Two-color Michinaga （道長）
This is the first kimono that I had made for myself. Using my mother’s old white role of kimono fabric, I chose light green and blue as body color. The way the two colors are
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Day 2: So-shibori Kimono
This red kimono has little dots all over. The pattern is called “Shibori” “Shibori is a Japanese manual resist dyeing technique, which produces patterns on fabric. (Wikipedia)” I found this kimono at Kyoto Art and
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Senses from Japan 2017 Day 1: Shiomayu
Senses from Japan 2017 event starts today! Just as it’s fun to coordinate tea ceremony utensils, coordinating kimono and obi is a lot of fun as much as challenging. Although kimono basically has only one
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