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Published: 2006-12-04 10:24:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 151838; Favourites: 3825; Downloads: 9320
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Many people ask me a lot of basic kimono questions, like which way you fold it over, and where does the sash go - that sort of stuff...So, I made up a little tutorial with the basic principles of women's kimono.
Hope it's useful
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thaaanks **
it's hard to draw kimono .__________.
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A big, cuddly thanks to everyone who commented and added to favourites!
You guys rock!
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Thanks so much. I'd just realized I'd been folding my kimonos the wrong way all this time, and this is a great reference guide. v.v
The drawing's cute too - bonus~ ^o^
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This diagram is very helpful. Thank you for making this.
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Yeah, well done. I don't think people know as much about kimono as they should these days.
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This will be handy. Thank you for making such a wonderful reference!
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I have a stupid question, please don't laugh. but when it comes to the obi, where does it wrap? around the breasts or under?
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Anything other than a yukata is generally meant to partially cover the breasts, and goes down to the hips. From what I've seen Yukata obi are somewhat thinner. However you're meant to look cylindrical in a kimono, so there's supposed to be very little bust.
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ok, thank you. I love drawing kimonos/inspired fashions and I never know how it should look. sometimes it seems that a bit of a bump is above the obi, but I was never sure.
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I think I drew either a Yuraka or a Homongh
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I just love Kimonos! thanks For the tutorial!
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cool, does the Obi on the Homongh sit above or below the breasts, because on the diagram it looks longer than the Yukata's obi. Also, could you help me abit? Is the Homonogh right in this sketch:[link] please tell me if there is anything I need to change or fix, love this tutorial btw, it helped alot.
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This. I've been searching for this! Not for me, but for every other person @_@
Me: "OH I NEED A BLUE OBIJIME AND AGE SETTTTT D:"
Friend: "Whutwasthatagain? The socks or something?"
Me: -despair-
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I was just searching for this information!
but could you maybe tell me how a semi-formal kimono is composed?
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This is going to be very useful, thank you!
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wonderful!this helped me on my social studies project! thx!
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I'm going to use this for a school project, if that's okay. Most of the older classes in my school are doing a dance-research unit for gym class, and I chose Geisha, so naturally I need a kimono.
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Wow, such a lovely kimono tutorial.
I'm so glad that you posted this, now I have a better understanding of kimonos. *high fives*
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This is pretty interesting. :3 I'm trying to get referances for yukata, kimono and other sorts of clothes for Edo-period Japan for a project I'm working on. Do you think you'd be able to help me?
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[link] The Japanese Costume museum. Click on 'Costume History in Japan' the top link on the left, and the Edo period is on the next page, one link from the bottom.
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oh thank god! My friend decided to where a kimono one day and we had no idea what these strange clothes were for. We spent hours! This SAVED her life! By which i mean-i almost had a break down and attacked her with the clothes i couldn't seem to know, went. haha jk, but thanks anyway!! xD
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I allowed myself to feature this here: [link]
Hope you won't mind!
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Thank you soooooo much for making this!! I suck at explaining the parts of a kimono to my friends and yeah, I can just show this to them now.
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wow :3
thanks for the information about the kimonos
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Hey, could i ask you something? I had a spanish talk page about cosplay, and im looking for good tutorials to translate. Can I translate yours, and use the photos? I will give you the credit, anyway...
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This was very useful in my kimono research. Thanks for making this.
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This is super usefull!! It helped me to make thiss! Tought u wanted to see it ^^
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This is SO helpful.
Know I will know what type of kimono I'm drawing and now I can draw them correctly.
Thanks! ^_^
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It's a nice lexical explanation.
However, a Furisode is not a "formal kimono". Well it's formal, but it's worn only by non married women. And married women can wear formal kimono, but it's not furisode
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I love it, it's so helpful for drawing kimonos also!
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oh, thanks so much, this helps me a LOT when I try to draw kimonos, thank you! <33
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