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Male dress in Edo period Japan was characteried by subtle sophistication and here the checkerboard fabric has no decoration other than the Nabeshima crests (mon) across the shoulders. \n\nFor the Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, staged at the V&A in 2020, the kimono was mounted on a mannequin to give a sense of how the garment would have appeared when worn. Supporting undergarments and an obi were specially made by museum conservators. ","physicalDescription":"Kimono for a man, figured satin silk (rinzu) woven with a checkerboard pattern, with three resisted crests (mon) across the back shoulders.  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Born into a Kyoto merchant family who specialised in undyed chirimen (crepe) kimono fabric, he made an important contribution to the preservation and research of Japanese textile heritage and that of Kyoto culture more broadly. Yoshida was a leading figure in the Gion Maturi, one of Japan’s largest and most famous festivals, being for many years the Director of the Gion Matsuri Yamahoko Association. In 1992, he and Kajitani Nobuko published a groundbreaking report on the 297 historic textiles used to decorate the festival floats. 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