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kimono-lover · 6 years
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平城宮の女官たち
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kimono-lover · 7 years
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Super fun coat seen on. A great idea if you wish to change into a cat in a flash :D
This way of putting a garment over your head reminds me of Kazuki/Katsugi (被衣), a kimono used as a kind of cloak:
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At first simple kimono, kazuki were overtime sewn using a specific pattern with a dropped collar allowing a hood effect:
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Designs placement were also specific, with circular or horizontal patterns which came to drape upon the head or over shoulders:
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[pictures from: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5]
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kimono-lover · 7 years
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Various type of underwear and items used under the kimono (available for sale on Rakuten)
1. Panties with separate panels that you can pull apart to go to the bathroom without taking them off.
2. Kimono bra for smoothing out the the lines of the chest. Comes with pockets for padding above the breasts
3. A device that aids in tying the obi knot. Is hidden underneath the obi in the back.
4 & 5. A padded vest for smoothing out the chest, complete with a padded belt for the curve of the back.
6. An 11 piece set composed of the basic accessories needed to dress in a kimono. It includes an under slip [hadajuban], 4 tying ropes [koshihimo], an obi pillow (used for volumizing the obi knot) [obi makura], an obi stiffing board [obi ita], a collar stiffener [eri shin], a pair of tabi socks, a velcro garment fastening belt, and a tying-style garment fastening belt [datejime].
7. Usotsukieri, an intimation collar. It is tied securely around the torso in order to create the popped collar shape.
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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WrittenAfterwards -  TOKYO FALL 2016
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I have no doubt that this is the origin of the Japanese version, the ichimegasa  市女笠(いちめがさ), that became popular with women nobility in Japan in the mid-Heian Era (794 to 1185). Below shows woman wearing historical Heian clothing replicas. The cloth hanging down is refered to as a mushi no tareginu 虫の垂れ衣, or bug screen.
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Um if you don't mind me asking, what is the hat disk with the veil called? Thanks for your time! (I hope I'm not a bother)
Hello! Of course it’s not a bother, I like to help! :)
The veiled hat is called “wéimào/帷帽”. I wrote a little on it in this post, and I also have a weimao tag. Below: historical weimao.
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The original form of the weimao was the “mìlí/幂蓠”, a hat with a body-long veil that originated from the foreign cultures of the northwest. The mili became popular during the Sui dynasty (581-618), especially among ladies of the nobility who rode horses on public roads. The fancier veils were adorned with jade and kingfisher feathers. Below: mili in a historical drama.  
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The mili’s veil shortened toward the end of the Sui, and the new wide-brimmed hat with shoulder-length veil was known as a weimao. During the Tang dynasty (618-907), the weimao became so popular that edicts to wear the more modest mili were ignored. It was popular not just among palace women, but also among commoners who followed their lead. Below: weimao in historical dramas.
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Hope this helps! :)
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Japanese fireman uniform, c. 1900 Surviving Japanese firemen’s jackets of the Edo and Meiji periods often have boldly dye-patterned linings like this one. The heavy quilted jackets, worn wet, provided protection for the firefighters, and some scholars suggest that the often supernatural images on the linings were meant to add to his safety.
The lining of this jacket depicts a climactic scene in a story from the Kojiki (Chronicle of Ancient Matters). Susa-n-o-mikoto, the brother of the sun goddess, saves the eighth and last daughter of an elderly couple from being eaten by a dragon.
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Hakata-ori 博多織
Hakata ori, or Hakata weave, is a beautiful stripe like silk weave pattern that is commonly seen on obi’s and cords. It came from China in the 1200′s and developed in Hakata (Fukuoka prefecture), where it got it’s name.
See Kimono-lover.blogspot.ca for more
Image Sources: 1, 2, 3
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Koma Geta 駒下駄 (こまげた)
“Koma geta” is a common name for the iconic two teeth wooden geta. During the late 17th century, around the Joukyou era, the platform and teeth of these geta were carved from one plank of wood. The teeth were low, thus its name resembles the word for horse (for the hooves).
For some reason, searches for the words “koma geta” in English letters yields the large, three legged geta worn by Oiran, but in Japanese, those geta are usually referred to as Oiran Geta 花魁 下駄, or Yoshiwara Geta  吉原下駄 (getting it’s name from Yoshiwara, a famous pleasure district in the Edo period).
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Tsuwano Washi-Ningyou つわの(津和野)和紙人形 “Tsuwano Paper Doll”
These cute, bookmark style kimono girl paper dolls are named after the town of Tsuwano, which is located at the southern tip of the largest Japanese island. As you can see in the photo, they can come in a variety of different sizes. This is one type of many different types of paper dolls found in Japanese folk arts.
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Otaiko Musubi お太鼓結び “Drum Knot”
This is the signature obi knot seen on most female kimono today. It serves as a general purpose knot that ranges from casual to formal. To create it, a long wide obi is folded in half, wrapped around the waist twice, unfolded in the back, looped, and secured with a cord. The knot is perked up with a thick pillow attached to a rope that is tied around the torso, as seen in the illustration above.
The bulkiness that is created tends to look weird to some people not familiar with kimono. I’ve heard people ask “Why do they carry bags on their back?”
The knot became popular after a celebratory event honoring the opening of a  Taikobashi  太鼓橋 “Arched Bridge” in Tokyo around 1823. A few Geisha cleverly wore a puffed out version of a commonly used square knot by men, the “playing card knot” karutamusubi かるた結び (shown below) , and it set off a trend that has since become the default style of wearing.
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To see the resemblance, below shows a Japanese Taikobashi, which gets its name from the iconic Taiko drum. (Taiko 太鼓 means “Large Drum”)
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Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Emon 衣紋
Emon refers to the “popped collar” that is a feature on female kimono. The collar line is placed slightly down the back instead of directly at the shoulder line (shown in the sewing diagram above), leaving a gap between the collar and the nape of the back. This slight exposure is considered sexy in traditional Japanese culture, especially considering how conservative the rest of the kimono is. The kimono on geisha and maiko epitomize this ideal by exposing quite a bit of their back above the obi.
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An eri-shin 衿芯 “collar stiffener” is slipped into the collar of the juban (underkimono) in order to achieve the round curve of the popped collar.
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Some juban will have an “emon-nuki”  衣紋抜き , a strip down the back that aids in pulling the collar down. This is then covered by the kimono.
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Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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"Japanese Women's Folk Costumes"  郷土の風俗
Sorry, this was a library book that I couldn’t sign-out so I had to resort to taking to pictures of it. The book was published in 1960.
The illustrations show woman in noragi 野良着 “working wear” for farming and manual labour. A variety of robes, aprons, pants, leggings, and skirts were used. Japanese noragi has largely become extinct due to the advent of western clothing. However, there are items of clothing that have survived for almost 200 years, making them historical treasures, such as the one below (available for $1495 from here).
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Tabane-Noshi 束ね熨斗 
Tabane-noshi, “bundles of noshi”, is an auspicious and celebratory motif that is popular for use on kimono and obi, especially formal wear (such as houmongi, furisode, kurotomesode, and bridal ensembles). The first kimono pictured above is from the Meiji era. Many patterns and other auspicious motifs are used to decorate the individual strips. The motif is also used for kamon (family crests, such as the ones shown above) and good luck charms.
“Noshi” are thin strips of dried alabone (sea snail) meat. Since ancient times, noshi were wrapped in paper and used as offerings to the Shinto Gods (shown below). They were attached to gifts to communicate wishes of good fortune. Nowadays, the practice is often done with paper to represent the noshi. 
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Images from: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Houmogi 訪問者 “Visiting Wear
This kimono is a “Houmongi”, which is a category of formal female kimono that are worn to events such as weddings, tea ceremonies, and graduations (if one chooses to wear kimono). This type of kimono became popular during the Meiji era, approximately 150 years, by samurai class woman, and then evolved to become a social standard.
Houmongi are characterized by being made of fine silk, dyed a base colour, (pastel pinks, yellows, and greens are the most popular but any colour is used), then embellished with a motif that is dyed and/or embroidered. The motifs are generally displayed on 5 locations; top right chest, front of right sleeve, back of left sleeve, and, predominately, on the skirt. 
This design may have been influenced by playing the shamisen because of the way the instrument was held (front sleeve pattern is on the hand that grasps the handle).
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The motifs span across seams, meaning that kimono fabric bolt artisans have the sew the fabric into a mock kimono, dye and embroider the motifs by hand, then send the fabric off for tailoring.
Even in modern times, a new houmongi can cost thousands of dollars. The one above costs 185,142円 (approximately $1500 USD),and that’s only the kimono (obi and accessories not included).
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Mojirisode  もじり袖( 捩り袖)'Mock' Sleeve
This type of sleeve is made by folding the bottom up into a triangle. Several surviving working kimono from the Meiji era (first image) have this type of sleeve. Although not as common nowadays, it can still be found on jackets.
Images: Ichiroya, Otokonokimono.Style,  Hantenya, Sou-Sou,
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kimono-lover · 8 years
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Kensaki 剣先 "Point of the Sword"
The “kensaki” is the name of the area on a kimono where the okumi (extension panel) seam meets the collar on the chest area.
Images:  2, 3, 
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