Qualifications

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• Open to all ages, gender, amateurs, professionals and nationalities

• Individuals and groups may apply.

• Applicants under 16 years of age must obtain consent of their guardians. 

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Requirements

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• Entries must be original creations.  All Kimono are eligible except those that have previously won awards in past contests.

• Entries must be finished kimonos – not conceptual designs or drawings.

• Entries can be new or old as long as they express our basic themes.

• If selected by the jury, designers agree to submit their finished kimono for exhibitions in Tokyo and New York. If they wish to sell their kimono, the gallery will arrange the sale for a commission.

• If selected by the jury, designers are responsible to send their kimono to New York or to our agents in Japan. Organizers will return the kimono after the exhibitions in New York and Tokyo are completed.

• Kimono can be of any size or gender: men’s, women, child, and ceremonial… but must adhere to Kimono’s spirit and shape.

• Kimono can be for any season or purpose: summer, winter, work, party, etc

• Obi can be included in the entry… but not independently as a separate item.  Obi can be part of the ensemble but not required.

• Designers can be amateur or professional

• Kimono can be of any materials or any coloring system including hand painted, computer printed, patchwork, dye, etc

• By submitting to this contest, designers grant all photographic rights to the contest organizers for public dissemination.

• Each individual is limited to four entries:  Two as solo individual works and two as participation in a group. 

 

 

Entry Fee

Free

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​​​​International Team

Nachi Das – Capital markets executive, Kimono and Japanese Art collector

Miya Hideshima – Jinbei & Wafuku designer

Kumi Shimizu - Concept and Japan liaison

Tamiko Laincz- Kimono artist

Dave Libertson – President/Owner, The Ronin Gallery, New York

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