Meisen Rose L

From the Meisen kimono, which is hand-painted and dyed on Kasuri.

Kasuri is intentionally woven in the position where the pattern is drawn, and hand-painted roses are layered.

The Western rose motif was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

In Japan, there are roses that appear in Manyoshu as ``Umara'' and ``Ubara,'' but they have not been used as patterns.

While Japanese roses were small and cute, the gorgeous Western roses that came from the West during the Taisho and Showa periods became coveted flowers among the common people, and it became popular to incorporate them into kimono patterns.

Meisen - A plain -woven silk fabric using a technique called kasuri . This is a yarn-dyed textile that dyes the threads before they are woven. The warp threads are lined up at evenly spaced widths and are divided into upper and lower parts one by one, and the weft threads are threaded between them, which is repeated many times. It is characterized by the texture of the pattern, which is created by weaving with different colors of the warp and weft threads. Meisen was all the rage during the Taisho and Showa periods, but today it is a valuable textile that is only produced in small numbers.

Length 70cm/Width 60cm/Shoulder width 48cm/Sleeve length 22cm