This thesis examines the kimono motifs based on Japanese place names that evolved into poetical landscape terms called utamakura. In this study, three of the utamakura kimonomotifs were analysed to create dictionary entries for an English-speaking user. The investigated terms were Musashino, Yoshinoyama and Tatsutagawa. To create the dictionary entries, Japanese kimono motif dictionaries were used with further analysis of each of the utamakura. This has been done by inspecting early examples of those terms in Japanese poetry, art and historical kimono. Based on the information gathered, with the use of lexicographical functions, each entry was crafted to best suit the potential user of an English language kimono dictionary. This research is an attempt to create a building block for further research on kimono motifs within the sartorial studies as currently there is very little research done within this field in the English language sphere.