Some Inspiration for Kosode
I scanned in these examples for my friend Rhiannon from the Taiga Drama Komyo ga Tsuji. These are examples of the "patchwork" kosode. In the drama, the heroine, Chiyo, had to piece together new kosode because hers were ruined in a fire. Saionji-hime also speaks a bit about the subject on her excellent Kosode page, with some extant period examples towards the bottom of the page. I'd like to try to make one of these myself!
My only question is that the styling on these taiga costumes doesn't seem as symmetrical as the period examples I've seen?
Here are the scans. All of these are from NHK Taiga Drama Magazine.
