  We report a measurement of the exclusive $e^+e^- \to D^{(*)\pm}{D}{}^{*\mp}$
cross section as a function of center-of-mass energy near the
$D^{(*)^{\pm}}{D}{}^{*\mp}$ threshold with initial state radiation. A partial
reconstruction technique is used to increase the efficiency and to suppress
background. The analysis is based on a data sample collected with the Belle
detector at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance and nearby continuum with an
integrated luminosity of 547.8 $\mathrm{fb}^{-1}$ at the KEKB asymmetric-energy
$e^+ e^-$ collider.
