Child’s Miyamairi Kimono

A child’s ceremonial Kimono that would be used on the occasion of a baby’s first visit to the family’s Shinto shrine. Traditionally, this ceremony would take place on the thirty-first day of a boy’s life and thirty-second day for a girl. These kimono’s come in three pieces, a plain off-white under-robe with padding, the decorated kimono, and a bib (yodare-kake).

Techniques: hand sewn, hand painted
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Credit Line: Gift of Yvonne Porcella