This listing is for a traditional vintage furisode kimono originally created for a young, unmarried woman.

This furisode is a creamy, satiny silk with a large basketweave jacquard behind the festive green garden motif. Hundreds of long thin blades of grass in varying shades of green provide a springtime background for the peonies, camellia and plum blossoms that poke their heads out from the foliage.

Featured flowers are outlined in gold couching at the front panel and left shoulder. The white area sweeps around the waist to provide a quieter background for a formal obi - but this would make a striking wall display!

Furisode are worn for formal events, such as Seijin-no-hi (Coming of Age Day, sometimes translated as Adults Day) in early January. Furisode are also worn for weddings, recitals, receptions, and other celebrations calling for formal attire. Note the long sleeves (furi = long, sode = sleeves) sometimes called "butterfly sleeves", which flow with grace when she gestures, attracting male attention!

If you'd like to display the kimono, we offer hanging rods in three colors (brown, black, and red) - see the Add a Display Rod? tab below.

If you'd like to wear or display this kimono with a traditional obi, browse our Fukuro Style Obi or email us if you don't see one you like. Although it isn't traditional, if you'd like one of our simple cotton sashes to wear with this, we'll choose a complimenting color for $15 (see Add a Sash? above).

For more information on wearing a furisode or the traditional textile techniques used to make this kimono, see videos below.