Lion Sukajan Jacket 'Kogane no Ikari' Solar lantern This noren combines two motifs:

This noren combines two motifs: a ground of seigaiha arcs in graded blues overlaid with curling cream-and-white wave crests

It's a subtler kind of luxury than a dragon — refined

a length of kimono cloth made into trousers

red torii gate on the front

with relaxed modern fits where the dragon can do its talking

Lion Sukajan Jacket 'Kogane no Ikari' Solar lantern This noren combines two motifs:The black sukajan guarded by a golden lion The shishi the lion dog guardian found at the gates of shrines is a protector against evil, and on this sukajan it stands watch in gold. A golden lion prowls the back among cherry blossom, embroidered in raised thread against a dark ground with cream gold sleeves. Kogane no ikari: 'the golden wrath'. The embroidery gives the lion real presence. Worked in genuine relief with the sheen of true thread, the gold