Tanmono

A diagram of an orange roll of fabric.
A tanmono on the roll
A diagram showing how a tanmono is cut into the pattern pieces for a kimono.
Cutting a kimono from a tanmono
A diagram showing how the pattern pieces of a kimono roughly folded into a kimono shape.
How a kimono is assembled from pieces cut from a tanmono

A tanmono (反物（たんもの）) is a bolt of traditional Japanese narrow-loomed cloth. It is used to make traditional Japanese clothes, textile room dividers, sails, and other traditional cloth items.

Tanmono ("mono" is a placeholder name) are woven in units of tan, a traditional unit of measurement for cloth roughly analogous to the bolt, about 35–40 centimetres (14–16 in) by about 13 yards (12 m).[1][2] One kimono takes one tan (ittan)[3] of cloth to make.[4] Tanmono are woven in the narrow widths most ergonomic for a single weaver[2] (at a handloom without a flying shuttle).

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  4. ^ Dalby, Liza (1993). Kimono: Fashioning Culture. Vintage U.K. Random House. p. 18. ISBN 0099428997.