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Back view of a black men's formal haori jacket displayed with its wide sleeves extended

Haori

Haori are hip- or thigh-length Japanese jackets worn over kimono, ranging from crested formal menswear to patterned fashion and performance garments.

Front view of a red-orange nineteenth-century furisode with long sleeves and embroidered decoration

Furisode

Furisode are long-sleeved kimono whose materials, sleeve length, and coordination express occasion, age convention, and changing ideas of formality.

Long pleated hemp hakama trousers displayed against a neutral background

Hakama

Hakama are pleated lower garments worn over kimono in court, warrior, ceremonial, theatrical, educational, religious, and martial-arts settings.

Long Japanese silk obi with colourful textile patterns on a dark ground

Obi

An obi is a Japanese sash whose dimensions, textile, knot, and accessories help structure kimono dress and express occasion and formality.

Edo-period woodblock print of two women wearing patterned yukata after a bath

Yukata

Yukata are unlined casual kimono associated with bathing, inns, summer festivals, fireworks, dance, and warm-weather leisure.

Edo-period silk kosode robe with a dark ground and orange tree decoration

Kimono

Kimono are straight-seamed wrap garments whose materials, decoration, layering, and accessories communicate season, occasion, age, taste, and formality.