Take flight with this striking vintage boy's miyamairi kimono, featuring two majestic hawks soaring across a dramatic landscape of snow-capped mountains and evergreen pines. Rich shades of golden brown, ivory, and charcoal stand out against the black background, with intricate embroidery and gold couching accentuating the hawks' powerful wings and feathers. Hawks symbolize strength, courage, and ambition,.

Five distinctive wisteria and pine lozenge family crests complete this handsome ceremonial design, which includes a matching ivory-white underkimono.

This vintage kimono shows small spots on both the front and back, consistent with its age and previous use, see last photos.

These ceremonial kimono typically have a dramatic design in the center and are framed across the top and bottom with a dark band of color.  Family crests are typically stenciled across the top section. This style of kimono makes a beautiful display and though they are wearable, they are not play clothes and are not likely to survive the play life of an active child! See video below for more about how these are worn at festivals.

Miyamairi have two main purposes. First, it is a ceremonial garment draped over an infant boy for his first visit to the shrine with his parents and grandparents to thank the gods for safe delivery of the child and pray for blessings. The kimono is wrapped around the baby and the long silk bands are tied behind the mom or grandmother who holds the baby during the ceremony. Secondly, miyamairi are worn for the Shichi-Go-San festival, when the boy is five years old and goes again to the shrine to pray for his and his family's good fortune. (See video below on the Shichi-Go-San Festival Day for one young family in Japan.).