- Re-enactors wearing kosode at the Jidai Matsuri in 2011. Comparison between a kosode (left) and a modern-day kimono (right).
- Appearance: Kosode no te appear in short sleeved kimonos formerly owned by prostitutes.
- In nō and kyōgen, kosode are worn by male and female characters of men and women of all ages both as an under-robe or as an outer-robe.
- Kosode is a kind of Japanese kimono, which is characterized by a slightly narrower sleeve width and shorter sleeve length.
- The kosode was the main garment of choice for men and women during the Edo period, and is regarded as the predecessor to the modern kimono.
- Kosode designs for the court and samurai 侍 classes in the Edo period were often based on literary themes taken from famous Japanese and Chinese poems.
- Kosode is clothing thought to be designed in the middle of the Heian period, and is an origin of Japanese Kimono.
- Firma Adı: KOSODE BY AKTEN TURGUT TEKSTİL SANAYİ TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ.
- But in as much as the custom of wearing the uchi-kake has become obsolete, the name kosode has come to be limited to quilted-silk garments only.
- Over time kosode gradually developed into a wide variety of styles, with patterns and fabrics designed with the wearer's shape in mind.
