Chizimi Cotton 40/40 Kimono Top／Kumodori with Chrysanthemum

2026-03-04T14:19:49+09:00

What is Kimono Top?
It was designed as an inner for naginata rectangular dress. Featuring Naginata kimono sleeve and a thin padded collar.

・Using Chizimi Cotton 40/40 embossed fabric made by Sakao Orimono.
"40/40" means a fabric woven with 40 count yarns in the warp and 40 count yarns in the weft.
About the texture of fabric: around the thickness of a light shirt.
(The higher the count number, the finer the yarn and the thinner the woven fabric is.)
・Hand-printed with Kyoto Stencil Yuzen Dyeing.
・It is a stretchy material that is easy to move in and comfortable.
・Can be worn alone or layered under other items.

※Pattern placement will vary from piece to piece due to the manufacturing process. Customers cannot specify the print.
※Since it is a Kyoto Stencil Yuzen (Hand-printed) product, there may be some deviation in shape, but it is a feature of dyeing.
※Due to the nature of dyeing process, uneven dyeing and color fading may occur.
※Products with the same color name may vary slightly in color due to different materials.
※As a characteristic of Kyoto Stencil Yuzen dyeing, the fabric is printed by repeating the stencil on a plain fabric. As a result, lines called "Katakuchi" may inevitably appear at places where the stencil joins.＞＞About "Katakuchi"﻿

【About Chizimi Cotton】
・It has a long production history since the Edo period in Takashima City, Shiga-Prefecture, and is made from strongly twisted yarn which provides a sharp and creped touch.
・As the crepe texture minimizes the touching surfuce and lets sweats vaporize easily, sensible temperature is said to be minus 2 degrees.
・Excellent performances in Sweat absorbing · Quick drying · Air permeability · Hygroscopicity · Moisture release.
・Takashima chizimi cotton, which has benefited from the natural resources of Lake Biwa, boasts the highest production in Japan.

The embossed fabric used in this product has elasticity (rate: about 135%), making it easy to move in and comfortable to wear.

Due to emboss processing (an embossing process that gives uneven crepe-like pattern) , the frayed thread may be twisted and popped out. This is not a defect and can be fixed by cutting away the popped threads.

【About Dyeing of Chizimi Cotton】

When dyeing Chizimi Cotton, color may not be able to penetrate deeply into the creped part of fabric.