DISCOVERIES
FROM KIMONO COUTURE: THE BEAUTY OF CHISO ©CHISO/COURTESY OF D GILES LTD. IN ASSOCIATION WITH WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, 2020 TRAVELANDLEISURE.COM (^27)
Clockwise from top left: A kosode, or unisex
robe, from the Edo period; a pattern by
contemporary Chiso designer Atsuhiro Imai;
a 1913 kimono, made for a noblewoman,
with a palace garden motif; another design
by Imai; Chiso printmaker Sukenobu
Nishikawa’s sketchbook.
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