- Re-enactors wearing kosode at the Jidai Matsuri in 2011. Comparison between a kosode (left) and a modern-day kimono (right).
- While up until then, the kimono had large wrist openings to the full sleeve width and was called Osode, kosode has small wrist openings.
- Appearance: Kosode no te appear in short sleeved kimonos formerly owned by prostitutes. ... Origin: Kosode no te can occur for a number of reasons.
- 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.
- 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.
- The sleeves of the kosode were typically sewn to the body entirely, and often featured heavily rounded outer edges.
- The literal meaning of the term kosode is "small sleeve," which refers to the sleeve opening. Kosode are T-shaped and roomy in cut and more than full-length.
- The kosode was originally an undergarment which came out from under the karaginu-mo during the Kamakura period (1172-1333 CE) and transitioned to outerwear.
- Migoro (身 頃) - lit., "body" - kosode için gövde panelleri orantılı olarak çok daha genişti ve belirgin bir düşük omuz görünümü yarattı.
- The sleeves of the kosode were typically sewn to the body entirely, and often featured heavily rounded outer edges.
