NEW YORK — It's difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever changing, the kimono ("thing to wear," in Japanese) has ...

See how Japanese men carried personal items on their kimonos. March 10, 2017 More than 8 years ago "Mask Carver at Work" by Hoshunsai Masayuki, Katabori netsuke, wood, 19th century.

NEW YORK - It's difficult to imagine a more eloquent symbol of Japan than the deceptively simple, T-shaped kimono. Traditional yet ever changing, the kimono ("thing to wear," in Japanese) has ...