All Collections

Japanese Kimono

(1700 – 2000)

Special thanks are due to Professor Nasser David Khalili – a great friend of the V&A – for his enormous encouragement of the exhibition, and for being so generous in lending pieces from his collection.

Tristram Hunt, Director of Victoria and Albert Museum, on the occasion of the opening of – Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition, V&A, London, 26 February 2020

The Khalili Collection of kimono comprises more than 450 garments and spans three hundred years of Japanese textile artistry. It is one of the world’s most outstanding private collections of traditional Japanese kimono.

Kimono for a Young Woman (Furisode)

K 106
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Woman (Uchikake)

K 102
Japan

Kimono for a Girl (Furisode)

K 17
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 144
Japan

Underkimono for a man (juban)

KX 230
Fabric below the waist, overlap, collar and sleeve ends: Coromandel Coast, India Fabric above the waist: Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 146
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 147
Japan

Summer Kimono for a Woman (Katabira)

KX 149
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 150
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Woman (Uchikake)

KX 151
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 152
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 153
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 154
Japan

Kimono for a Woman (Kosode)

KX 158
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 161
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 180
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 195
Japan

Unlined Kimono for a Woman (Hitoe)

K 11
Japan

Summer Kimono for a Woman (Katabira)

KX 143
Japan

Kimono for a Woman (Kosode)

KX 142
Japan

Kimono for an Infant Boy (Miyamairi)

K 107
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Woman (Uchikake)

K 100
Japan

Unlined Kimono for a Woman (Hitoe)

K 41
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 65
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 47
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 44
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 43
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 39
Japan

Unlined Kimono for a Woman (Hitoe)

K 36
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 34
Japan

Kimono for a Young Girl

K 19
Japan

Kimono for a Woman

K 18
Japan

Outer Kimono for a Young Woman (Uchikake)

KX 145
Japan