This is a lovely, authentic, truly vintage, yukata in excellent vintage condition with a beautiful and traditional style of design. 

The pattern shows very traditional kanji words on a warm white background. My friend in Japan tells me that this yukata was worn or bought in connection with a festival in Osaka called Kujo Odori. Odori means dance.  The smaller characters say 'naniwa meibutsu'. Naniwa is another name for Osaka and Meibutsu means something a place is proud of. So Osaka is very proud of this festival. The yukata was either worn for a dancing display or bought as a souvenir at the festival.

The base fabric is good quality, fine, smooth cotton which has been starched so it is quite crisp to touch. This was the common way in days gone by, to starch kimono to keep them in perfect shape. 

I am also supplying a simple tie belt, newly-made from vintage kimono cotton in a dark blue colour. This tie belt be used to allow the yukata to be used as a dressing gown / housecoat at home. Authentic Japanese kimono are usually worn with a special obi belt which would be bought separately. 

In Japan yukata are worn for casual summer occasions/festivals.

The yukata is fully hand-stitched and has good quality, starched cotton, and a pattern that does not look contemporary. 

This yukata is partially lined in white cotton, in the traditional way, which is just in the shoulder area.

Authentic Japanese, women's contemporary yukata can be very long indeed but this one is not so long so may not have to be shortened depending on your height.

AGE & CONDITION: This yukata seems to have some age as it is fully hand stitched, has good quality starched cotton, is shorter than contemporary kimono and has an older style of pattern. I would guess it is mid Showa Period (1926-1989). It is difficult to be accurate about aging some traditional kimono as they have been made the same way for decades. 
The condition is vintage excellent which means it has no conspicuous faults.  On close inspection there is the most minor yellowing to the front lapel which is not conspicuous.  There are some very minor marks here and there if you look closely for them but nothing conspicuous or that would affect the wearing of the garment.   It is a vintage item so please do not expect it to look exactly like new. 

The simple tie belt is newly-made from navy blue vintage kimono cotton. 

SIZE: This yukata is a fairly average body size and shorter than contemporary kimono, (which are very long indeed). I think this would fit a range of sizes up to a maximum of UK size 14 (US size 12).
Sleeve edge to sleeve edge width is 130cm/51”, overall length is 145cm/57", the width across the back (side seam to side seam) is 61cm/24”. 
The navy tie belt is about 65"/165cm long and 2"/5cm wide. The weight of the set is about 540g. 

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