Learn about how kimono design and Japanese style have influenced fashion since Japan reopened in the mid-19th century. See garments that show a path from historical to modern experimental designs.

View Noh and Kyogen costumes, Edo-period kimono, early examples of East-West fashion mix, early 20th-century Japanese modernist fashion, and creations by Issey Miyake, John Galliano, Hiroko Takahashi, and Harajuku streetwear designers.

Along with rare kimono and kimono-inspired garments, find paintings, posters, prints, magazines, and decorative arts. See traditional techniques like shibori tie-dye, rice paste resist, and indigo dyeing. Explore materials such as silk, cotton, metallic thread, paper, elm bark, banana fiber, and deer leather that have shaped Japanese textile artistry.