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animal
aoi - Periwinkle kimono based on popular anime character Aoi from Ai Yori Aoshi.
aqua - Aqua Yukata
ball-joint-kimono
black
gingko
black-kataginu
blackcranekimono - Cotton print. Black background with colorful cranes and fans
blacksilk - Basic black charmuese silk kimono
blacksilk2
blackwhite - Half Black, half white Yukata. Based upon the Manji character from Hiroaki Samura's 'Blade of the Immortal' Manga.
Bleach
blue
blue2
blue3
pinkcloudsflowers
silk-crane1
blue-hakamashita
bluesilkhaori - Blue Silk Haori
brocade-redblack - Hakamashita: Red Cherry Blossoms on a black background. Rayon/Silk brocade. With Black cotton Hakama.
brown-haori
bw2 - Black and White Kimono with custom Mon
cardboard - Brilliant yellow and orage kimono and black older-style hakama (both in cotton). This is based upon a comic character (Penny Arcade) named 'Cardboard Tube Samurai'.
cardboard2 - Second 'Cardboard Tube Samurai' Kimono, based on the Penny Arcade comic.
crab
don-kate - Pictures of Kate and Don (Kate's husband and slave labor) in various garments
dragon - Dragon clan yukata with metallic gold collar/obi and embroidered mon
dragon-emb - Red Dragon embroidered onto black fabric that was transferred to a short kimono. This was done from a picture drawn by a friend of the customer.
dragon-kataginu
embroidery - Embroidery Samples
flower-kimono
flower1 - Long-Sleeved Silk kimono with flower print.
forsale
golddragon-bath - Gold dragon print made for use as a bathrobe
golden - Golden silk dupioni kimono with red silk habotai lining. Shashiko style embroidery inside the sleeves.
green
butterflies
hakama-old - Old-style hakama. Made to go with cardboard tube samurai kimono.
hakamashita - Line and unlined Hakamashita, short kimono for wearing with Hakama and not constricting movement for doing activities like martial arts. Made custom for a person wanting to do sword work.
j-rock
jin-hakamashita
jon-silv - 'Hefty' guy in standard sized yukata. Note: I found most americans want longer sleeves than classic Japanese style, so I've increased sleeve length on the standard size.
kataginu
kenshin
kikyou - Costume based on Kikyo from Inuyasha
koiyukata - Koi woodcut yukata (Made for very large man)
Kotei
lace - Custom Lace
larp
lav-pink-haori - Lavendar silk dupioni haori with pink silk taffeta lining. Shown inside out to display lining.
mantis
mantis-captain
misc
mon
mon1 - Example of embroidery of a customer-provided Mon
nik - Nik liked his first kimono enough to get a second one. We got pictures of him at GENcon 2001.
patches
phoenix
phoenix2
phoenix3
pink
project2 - Doublet made from scratch, including dying the fabric. A few different surface design techniques used.
purple
haori
minamoto
purplebamboo - Purple Bamboo Yukata. This one has been modified to be a house robe, the collar goes all the way to the floor.
quilt
l5r
red
flowers-batikswirls
redbrocade
red-koromo
redhaori - Red silk charmuese haori with partial white lining
redprints
scorphaori - Red haori (being worn over waves yukata)
scorpion
sesshomaru - Red and White silk kimono based on the Sesshomaru character from Inu Yasha
shinsengumi - Shinsengumi kimono based off of characters in the Rurouni Kenshin anime.
silkfloweremb - Silk charmeuse print kimono with lined embroidered sleeves
snake-kamishimo - Green Kamishimo with Silver Mon. Kamishimo consists of a Kataginu vest with matching Hakama pants.
spider
t-tunics
usagi
usagi-yojimbo
waves - Classic-looking Japanese dyed waves pattern.
waves2 - Traditional-looking japanese print kimono with plain Hakama
wedding2
wedding3
white
yukata

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