Iromuji kimono

After talking about Edo komon, a specific kind of komon almost as formal as iromuji, our next subject is komon. As mentioned in the previous "Abou Kimono" post, komon is a kimono with repeating patterns all over the fabric. Althou the literal meaning of komon is "small prints", these patterns aren't necessarily small, just repeated - different from a houmongi, for example, were are patterns all over the garment, but they don't have a repetitive look. A pink komon. The floral pattern is…

Iromuji (色無地 ) are a type of kimono without any colored patterns. They are of one solid color, which can not be black or white, as these have their own names and unique uses. They may sport woven patterns in the color of the kimono, but never of any other colors. Those woven jacquard patterns are called rinzu. Iromuji can be worn by married and unmarried woman alike. They are a popular choice for tea ceremony, because they not draw attention away from the ceremony itself.

Iromuji (色無地): single-colored kimono that may be worn by married and unmarried women. They are mainly worn to tea ceremonies. The dyed silk may be figured (rinzu, similar to jacquard), but has no differently colored patterns. It comes from the word "muji" which means plain or solid and "iro" which means color.

Iromuji kimono is a plain colored kimono, one color other than black. It is very useful - young women wear it at their graduation ceremony, mothers wear it for the occasion of a family celebration, not only happy occation you can wear gray or quiet blue one on condolence visit. At tea ceremony people love to wear Iromuji, since it does not bother the atmosphere. Also it is worn just for going out in town.

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Simple Pale Blue Iro Muji with Leaf Print Obi

After seeing formal types of kimono, we'll now feature maybe the most versatile kind of kimono, that can go from quite formal to informal: the iromuji. A red one-crested iromuji. Iromuji (approximately "plain color") is a solid color kimono. It can be actually plain or have discrete damasque-like patterns (in a fabric called rinzu), but no colorful motifs. From a distance, iromuji will always look solid. It's worn by married and unmarried women, and can have any color except for white or…

A iromuji kimono with a somewhat complex obi knot