The end of the shogunate meant the end of restrictive sumptuary laws. Women could now wear whatever they liked and could afford. The young woman who wore this outer-kimono has chosen richly woven silk, previously preserved for obi. The garment has a pattern on the inner hem, a characteristic of the Meiji period. Lime-green silk with a pattern of rippling water is combined with red embroidered in gold with scattered blossoms. [29/02/2020]