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title: "Kimono"
description: "The kimono is the traditional Japanese T-shaped garment, wrapped left over right and secured with a sash called an obi."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/kimono
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
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# Kimono

*The kimono is the traditional Japanese T-shaped garment, wrapped left over right and secured with a sash called an obi.*

A kimono is cut from a single bolt of narrow cloth into straight panels, so it has very little shaping; the fit comes from wrapping and the obi. Its patterns, colours and sleeve lengths signal season, age and occasion. The word means simply “thing to wear”.


## Sources

1. [Kimono (AAT 300046171)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300046171). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Kimono (Q483444)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483444). Wikidata

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