{"product_id":"8091-1980s-japanese-kimono-silk-fabric-araihari-piece-european-sense-florals","title":"8091: 1980s Japanese Kimono Silk Fabric, Arai-Hari, 52in. European Sense, Florals","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eVintage Japanese Textiles:\u003cbr\u003e1980s Kimono Silk\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFabric Piece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIdiosyncratic Motif: Evocative of European Designs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 14.50 inches \/ 36.83 cm\u003cbr\u003eLength: 52 inches \/  132.08 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatalog# 8091:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eUS$18.00 per piece\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eplus shipping\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFabric History\/Pedigree: \u003c\/strong\u003e Pieces received from a traditional Japanese kimono cleaner\/reconstructor called Arai-Hari -- see an excellent explanation of traditional Arai Hari by textile expert John Marshall,by\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Go to John Marshall's explanation of old Japanese way of cleaning kimonos, called araihari.\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/blogs\/yokodana-kimono-blog\/john-marshall-conversation-about-arai-hari-traditional-kimono-cleaning\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eclicking HERE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: #222222;\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100.0%; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" border=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes; height: 93.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height: 93.0pt;\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e For an excellent 'how-to' do  Arai-Hari oneself, we highly recommend Kae Warnock's Blog,\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Chocolate Factotum\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Step One of Arai Hari - Picking the Kimono Apart\" href=\"https:\/\/kaewar.wixsite.com\/chocolate-factotum\/post\/step-one-of-arai-hari-picking-the-kimono-apart\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eStep One of Arai Hari - Picking the Kimono Apart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; background: white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Step Two of Arai Hari - The Washing Process and the Formula\" href=\"https:\/\/kaewar.wixsite.com\/chocolate-factotum\/post\/step-two-the-washing-process-and-the-formula\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eStep Two of Arai Hari - The Washing Process and the Formula\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; background: white;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left; line-height: normal; background: white; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\" align=\"left\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"color: #000099; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#000099\" style=\"color: #000099; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFabric Description:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eLight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eweight\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e silk, minimally translucent, deconstructed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e from woman's kimono with solid medium hue of blue color background; Motif is a mix of  various types and sizes of flowers and their stems and leaves; minimal drape, smooth to touch but no sheen.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMENTARY: \u003c\/strong\u003eTo our eye, this design is an example of the 1960s to 1980s kimono designers experimenting with non-Japanese motifs; so much so, that IMHO this might be mistaken for something made in the West. Interesting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#000099\" style=\"color: #000099; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eColors:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e  Reminder that colors on different devices can vary significantly, please use our text color descriptions in your consideration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" color=\"#000099\" style=\"color: #000099; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e Excellent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eSuitable for making scarves or accessories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"YokoDana Kimono","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42632728870999,"sku":"8091","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1135\/9848\/files\/8091long.jpg?v=1774108953","url":"https:\/\/www.yokodana.com\/products\/8091-1980s-japanese-kimono-silk-fabric-araihari-piece-european-sense-florals","provider":"YokoDana Kimono","version":"1.0","type":"link"}