Description
Vintage chirimen silk tomesode kimono
A beautiful, heavy vintage chirimen silk tomesode kimono. In excellent condition for the age (see photos).
It measures 156 cm long, has a wingspan of 66 cm and a sleeve drop of 48 cm.
The patterning is of fans, flowers, cranes, pines and clouds with sayagata edges.
• Tomesode: Tomesode is the most formal kimono worn by married women at a wedding and other official celebrations, especially, black tomesode (black is kuro tomesode, all other colours are called iro tomesode/irosode), which has a black background, is the most formal among Tomesode Kimonos. Colored tomesode feature a pattern against a colored background. All the patterns of tomesode Kimonos appear only at the bottom or with the family crests. Pronounced toe-may-so-day, with no stress on any syllable
