{"id":349,"date":"2010-08-05T10:57:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T14:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/?p=349"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:47:35","slug":"black-hanamaru-furisode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonblossom.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/black-hanamaru-furisode\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Hanamaru Furisode"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a piece I’ve already shown you, I wore it the first day it arrived<\/a>, but it also needs a decent catalogue entry, so please bear with me.<\/p>\n

Yamatoku<\/a> was having a sale over the summer of graduation kofurisode overstock. Kofurisode are shorter-sleeved furisode, typically worn with hakama. Girls often wear them during high school and college graduation, so about a month after graduation season, kimono retailers will typically have a large number of modern, synthetic, mass-produced kimono available for good prices.<\/p>\n

I don’t usually like modern kimono, and furisode even less, so I honestly wasn’t expecting to pick one of these up. However, when I found this one I had to cave in. It’s komon-style (all over pattern), so it doesn’t scream “furisode” to me. If anything, between the sleeve length and the bright all-over pattern, it looks more like a vintage everyday kimono than a modern graduation outfit. Because it’s modern, it’s nice and large and actually fits me nicely. It was also a steal at $19.95. How could I say no?<\/p>\n

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The patterns are hanamaru<\/em>, which are decorative balls of flowers. They’re primarily fall and winter flowers; ume and kiku. There’s also some sort of berries or tiny flowers, I have no idea what these represent. If you know, please comment and help me out! There’s also some subtle trellis designs which add a nice geometric element and keep it from feeling too twee or girly.<\/p>\n

The hakkake is a deep yellow, and there is a matching built-in kasane-eri. I hate those damned things, but it does add a nice vibrant touch of colour up by my face, and helps to break up the black, so I’ll probably leave it in there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a piece I’ve already shown you, I wore it the first day it arrived, but it also needs a decent catalogue entry, so please bear with me. Yamatoku was having a sale over the summer of graduation kofurisode overstock. Kofurisode are shorter-sleeved furisode, typically worn with hakama. Girls\u2026<\/p>\n

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