Komon

An informal silk kimono from between 1920 and 1940, covered in fantasy chrysanthemums that burst like fireworks, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The museum describes it simply as an informal kimono patterned all over, which is the komon idea at full volume. A komon is the everyday kimono, with one pattern repeated over the whole robe rather than a scene placed on the skirt, and it sits at the casual end of the formality scale. That casual status is what lets the pattern be this bold, and it makes komon the natural choice for a day of sightseeing rather than a ceremony.