Antique Japanese Taisho Wedding Kimono with cranes and mums. During the Taisho period, (1912-1926), the wedding kimonos were not made with heavy padding as in other times. Nor were they heavily embroidered. They were hand dyed using the yuzen technique (waxy material placed all over e... more

Vintage Japanese satin (silk) obi from mid Showa (1926-1989). It's hot pink with bold yellow-gold and white flowers. This is a Nagoya obi. It is prefolded and stitched lengthwise on one end. For resale, the wholesaler would remove the stitches so it would lay flat but usually the obi was ... more

Antique Japanese kimono from Taisho period (1912-1926). This silk kimono is completely hand made, hand sewn and hand dyed using the yuzen technique. The silk crepe material also has a wavy damask weave pattern. The color is deep pink, a true dark pink. The decoration consists of bamboo a... more