You are offered a new and beautiful, soft, feminine, top quality, fine, cotton, Japanese-made kimono dressing gown / robe. This is a garment that is a little difficult to photograph so I hope you can see how pretty it is. The base colour is a deep black
The previous owner told me it was a gift from Japan a few years ago which was never used.
This maker still makes this robe today but I don't think is this shorter length. You can see the same pattern of robe in the long length on this page https://shop.japanobjects.com/products/japanese-gold-long-kimono-robe where it is selling at $70 which is about £81GBP.
So these robes are quality and quite expensive.
The fabric is a smooth, soft and lustrous cotton.
The fabric is predominantly covered with semi lustrous gold cherry blossom flowers and hanging branches of cherry blossom. Then there are colourful panels, they are in the shapes of fans or open books. They are decorated with typical Japanese flowers and plants of many sorts including peonies, chrysanthemums, iris, plum blossom, cherry blossom and bamboo. The flowers are coloured in many different beautiful shades. There is a lot of gold outlining and detailing which adds richness.
There is also a depiction of a 'hime' princess, a Heian Period (7794-1185) noblewomen who would have worn long hair and multilayered kimonos and is considered a symbol of feminine beauty. There are also some wavy lines representing water and some small hexagon patterns called 'kikko' symbolizing long life.
It has a long matching belt and one front pocket.
It has a label from a top quality Japanese maker Kyoto Sen'i but the logi is a bit different from their normal one so perhaps it is an older model. They are the best maker of this kind of robe in my opinion. I have some of their robes myself. The care label shows that the robe is cotton and washable at 40 degrees. I have washed similar ones that I own, many times and they always look as good as new.
SIZE : Although it is a 'one size fits all' garment because it is a wrap round style - I think it would fit a range of sizes up to a maximum of UK size 10/12.
The length is below hip length, depending on your height about 34"/86cm long.
The width across the back (armpit to armpit) is 23"/58.5cm. This sounds quite large but the cut of this kimono has a bit less width in the front than the longer version. The width all around the kimono at the waist, from the front of one edge all the way round the back to the front of the other edge, is around 47"/119.5cm and please remember that you need a good overlap in the front. The robe weighs 350g. The belt is around 80"/203cm long.
AGE & CONDITION: It is fairly contemporary but I think this length is now disconitued. It is in brand new condition, the belt was still stitched to the collar hanging loop until I took it out for the photos.
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