1920s Fully Reversible Printed Tissue Silk Japanese Tourist Kimono Jacket Message from the famous Russian Collection It is hand screened with

It is hand screened with huge flowers across its surface

Decorative buttons on the skirt match up exactly to where the ones on the jacket end

He was a designer that started from the fabric

The skirt flows to the floor in one long lean column of silk

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1920s Fully Reversible Printed Tissue Silk Japanese Tourist Kimono Jacket Message from the famous Russian Collection It is hand screened withI love finding these little kimonos and even though this one is not perfect it's too good not to have someone get a few more years of love out of it. This is an early one, most likely made in Japan for the tourist market. It is utterly stunningly and hauntingly beautiful. These were made to be soft and romantic and were stylized, pretty versions of the traditional kimono. It is hand dyed and hand screened, and the print that covers both side of it