Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum Furisode kimono with obi for use at medal awards ceremony. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu Memorial Sports Museum As Japan house London’s director of ...

Of the many major fires during the Edo Period (1603-1867) in the old capital of Edo, perhaps the best known is the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657, popularly referred to as the “Furisode Fire.” ...

Emiko Ban, 81, a kimono tailor who cuts bolts of cloth into pieces to make kimono, said she used to receive more orders for long-sleeved "furisode" than she could keep up with at the end of a year.