The kimono garment, the national dress of Japan, carries within itself all of the magic and traditions of Japanese culture. ...

By focusing on a single story, the exhibit allows the viewer to compare the different formats and techniques developed by Japanese artists during the Edo period ... washes a kimono in a stream.

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo. It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period ...

From geisha gown to 21st-Century fashion statement, the kimono is a quintessentially Japanese garment entrenched ... sartorial significance during the Edo period (1630 – 1868).

Literally named "thing to wear", the kimono appeared more than a thousand years ago in Japan. By the beginning of the Edo period (1603-1868), it was worn throughout the country. The merchant ...

The kimono garment, the national dress of Japan, carries within itself all of the ... with themes alluding to eight Noh theatre plays of the late Edo period. Slightly smaller than the wedding kimono, ...