Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO
[To Tso]Samurai Mode Shirt II - KUDEN by TAKAHIRO SATO

Samurai Mode Shirt II

¥258,000

14 reviews
Made to orderMade to order in Japan.
About 3 monthsEstimated time from start of production to shipping
2 per monthWe take two orders for this shirt each month.

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Before you order

The product and colour are fixed when you order; the size is provisional. We email you the final specification and an estimated shipping window, and begin production once we have your reply of “I confirm” and payment capture is complete.

Ships about three months after production begins. In rare cases — when a fabric has to be sourced or dyed for your order, or an artisan's schedule requires it — it can take longer. We tell you in that estimate, and contact you as soon as we know if anything changes during production.

Once your provisional size and the confirmations are complete, you can add to cart.
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Spec and Care

SPEC

Material 100% cotton
Care You can iron by yourself.
The place of production Made in Japan
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02 — The Shirt

The structure of kimono,
in a modern shirt.

The same straight-line thinking as haori, redrawn through the body and sleeves of a shirt you can wear daily.

03 — Samurai Mode

Three pieces.
One finished outline.

Jacket, Shirt, Pants. When their three straight lines meet, a contemporary silhouette rooted in Japanese dress emerges.

The full Samurai Mode silhouette, completed by Jacket, Shirt and Pants
Together / The complete Samurai Mode silhouette

Together —
into Samurai Mode.

Collar, sleeve and hakama lines join into one. No dressing ritual — Samurai Mode is cut for a modern body.

The Samurai Mode Jacket worn with a T-shirt, slim trousers and sneakers
Apart / One piece with an everyday wardrobe

Apart —
into your own wardrobe.

Wear the Shirt alone, under a jacket or a cardigan. Layer it beneath a vintage haori and the kimono style is there. It does not close itself off as traditional dress; it enters your wardrobe one piece at a time.

Details

Every detail
has a reason in kimono.

  • The kimono collar,
    drawn again as a shirt.

    We took the way a kimono collar crosses and drew it again as a shirt. From across a room it reads as a plain cotton shirt. Close up, the deep V opens the line from the neck to the collarbone. It looks severe, and then it sits loose at the throat — customers have told us so since the first Shirt.

  • Two cords set the shape,
    without tightening it.

    Two cords at the waist let you adjust the fit finely. You get the outline of a fastened obi without the grip of one. Tie the inner cord firmly and the chest draws in, bringing the collar closer to the way a kimono sits.

  • 100% cotton, shell buttons,
    sewn in Japan.

    The cloth is 100% cotton. The cuffs are finished with natural shell rather than plastic. A Japanese artisan sews each shirt, one at a time. Worn with the Jacket and Pants II, it comes closer still to kimono.

Materials
Face 100% cotton
A Japanese artisan sewing a single garment at the machine

04 — One Artisan / Made with time

Cut by hand.
Sewn by one artisan.
Made with time.

Not a production line.
The cloth is cut by one pair of hands, and a single artisan sews the garment through to the finish — collar, sleeve and hem carried by the same person. Few people are left who can take a garment that far alone.

Samurai Mode worn under a stone arch in Naples

City / Journey / Ceremony / Everyday

Every way
to wear it.

See The Shirt across different rooms, bodies and ways of wearing it.

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-Designer's Voice-

Quiet dignity in harmony with everyday life

Clothes sometimes become the “armour” that stands for who we are.
In an era that keeps accelerating, we make decisions and choices every day, sometimes getting hurt along the way, and still we have to move forward.
As a manager, as a designer, and above all as a father raising a son with disabilities, I have stopped and hesitated many times before reaching this point in my life.

Samurai Mode Shirt II was created for the samurai of today.

Since the first Samurai Mode Shirt was released in 2018, we have made it more functional and more beautiful in response to feedback from many customers.

■ A silhouette as dignified as a sword
A sharply defined waistline, like the clean line formed when a kimono obi is fastened.
It is more than an aesthetic choice.
Even when your mind is in turmoil, putting this shirt on makes you stand taller.
The deep V collar changes the wearer’s expression, like a mirror held up to the spirit and the resolve inside.
The angle of the front ties and the position of the cords were prototyped over and over, in pursuit of a balance that holds its shape in motion, and does not pull too tight.

■ Comfort, and the environment
Because we want this shirt to be part of your everyday life, we paid particular attention to comfort.
The two cords that fasten at the waist let you adjust the fit finely, so it follows the body instead of constricting it.
Even worn for a long stretch it asks little of you, and that lightens more than your shoulders.
The cuffs are finished with natural shell buttons rather than plastic.
It is a small choice. But small choices like these shape the world we pass on.

■ Your style, your own choice
Samurai Mode Shirt II comes in several variations.

KASANE 「重ね」
A layered collar. The combination of colours and cords at the neck is yours to decide — the same freedom you have when arranging the collar of a kimono.

Chill
The fabric has a relaxed, dry, linen-like feel and is easy to throw on even in the heat. For holidays, for travel, for wherever you take it.

YUZEN
A Kyoto yuzen artisan paints each dragon and each cherry blossom by hand using nuregaki-yuzen, applying colour to damp cloth to create soft gradations and organic edges. Clothing for someone who lives alongside art.

■ Clothes we still want to wear ten years from now
We do not release a large number of new products each season.
We work on a single design for years, improving it, before we finally release it.
That is because I feel close to people who choose clothes by what they believe rather than by what is current.
Samurai Mode Shirt II is genuinely a garment we made together: it grew out of what we learned from Shirt I, and out of your feedback.
Keeping clothes in use for longer can help support steadier work at the sewing factory and reduce unnecessary production.
We believe a cycle like that is possible in how clothing is made.

I hope that when you put this shirt on, you feel a little more dignified, and stand a little taller.
And if it reminds you of what you believe, that would give me the greatest pleasure.
I hope KUDEN’s clothing becomes part of your way of life. With my best wishes.

Designer
Tak