Woman's kimono cut in the traditional way and made from silk crêpe with an all-over near-repeating design of large red, white and grey flowers and diagonal red, turquoise and grey stripes on a black ground. There are purple outlines round some of the flower petals. The exact technique has not been ascertained but the dealer from whom the kimono was purchased called it meisen. This seems to be a form of mechanical kasuri whereby the warps and wefts are printed, rather than tied and resist-dyed, before weaving commences. In addition, this silk seems to have been printed with pale grey petal outlines after or as it was woven.
The kimono is unlined.