Hiromi Matsuo depicts women in Japanese and Western clothing with a retro and classic world view.

The way people dressed in those days, as depicted in ukiyoe of the Edo period, is updated with modern illustrations. 

In this book, the characters are designed by combining fashion from the Meiji and Taisho eras to the present, based on the traditional Japanese culture of “kimono”.

The first art book of Ayana Otake, a talented Japanese artist. Carefully selected from commercial illustrations to early works, 104 of the ultimate kimono beauty are included.

Yumiko Kamada, a senior hair and makeup artist at Shiseido.
Using her perspective and technique, which specializes in Japanese hair and makeup, the usual kimono will be reborn in a different atmosphere.

This book includes various floral designs for kimono, obi, and cloth selected by Ranko Nagata, owner of LUNCO, a popular antique kimono store in Mejiro.