Abstract: Currently, the decline in kimono usage in Japan is serious. This has become an important problem for the kimono industry and kimono culture. The reason behind this lack of usage is that Japanese clothing has many strict rules attached to it. One of those difficult rules is that kimonos have status, and one must consider the proper kimono to wear depending on the place and type of event. At the same time, the obi (sash) also has status, and the status of the kimono and obi must match. The matching of the kimono and obi is called “obiawase” in Japanese, and it is not just a matter of the person wearing the kimono selecting a pair that she likes. Instead, the first place you wear a kimono determines its status, and the obi must match that status and kimono. In other words, the color, material, meaning behind the pattern must be matched with obi. Kimono patterns may evoke the seasons or a celebratory event. All this must be considered. The kimono was originally everyday wear, and people were taught these things in their households, but with today’s increasingly nuclear families, that person who could teach these things isn’t nearby, adding to the lack of use of kimonos. Because of this, there has been interest in using CNN (Convolution Neural Network) from the digital fashion industry. We are attempting to use machine learning to tackle the difficult task of matching an obi to a kimono, using the CNN machines drawing the most attention today.

Kumiko Komizo and Noriaki Kuwahara, “Using the Convolution Neural Network Attempts to Match Japanese Women’s Kimono and Obi” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 11(1), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110108

@article{Komizo2020,
title = {Using the Convolution Neural Network Attempts to Match Japanese Women’s Kimono and Obi},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110108},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110108},
year = {2020},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
author = {Kumiko Komizo and Noriaki Kuwahara}
}