"Bamboo Forest" Woman's Kimono

This very vintage kimono features long, wide golden bamboo with leaves and background in autumn tones. We love the bold lines and soft colors.

Done with the yuzen technique, which combines katagami stencil patterning and colors dyed by brush, which requires a lot of skill. Longer sleeves suggest that this would have been made for a young, unmarried woman.

Note the two-tone lining, which strongly suggests that this beauty was likely made in the 1940s or 1950s.