kimono patterns

Kimono Patterns Explained: Classical, Shosoin, Yusoku, Meibutsugire, and Auspicious Motifs

Spend any time looking closely at kimono and obi, and you'll run into terms like "classical motif," "Shosoin motif," "yusoku motif," "meibutsugire motif," and "auspicious motif." All of them describe patterns with a long history, but they're not different names for the same kind of classification — they're organized around different ideas entirely. Classical motifs […]