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The kosode was worn in Japan as common, everyday dress from roughly the Kamakura period (1185–1333) until the latter years of the Edo period (1603–1867), at which a point its proportions had diverged to resemble those of modern-day kimono; it was also at this time that the term kimono, meaning "thing to wear on the shoulders", first came ...
The white robe (白衣, hakue, byakue, shiraginu) worn on the upper half of the body is a white kosode, with sleeves the length of a tomesode formal sleeve. [3] Originally, kosode sleeves were underwear to be worn under daily clothing, but gradually became acceptable outerwear between the end of the Heian era and the Kamakura era [4] The red collar sometimes seen around the neck is a ...
A nine-tailed fox spirit (kyūbi no kitsune) scaring Prince Hanzoku; print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century. In Japanese folklore, kitsune (狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ⓘ) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser.
A miko (), or shrine maiden, [1] [2] is a young priestess [3] who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, [4] but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized [5] role in daily life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing [4] to performing the sacred Kagura dance.
Photograph of a man and woman wearing traditional clothing, taken in Osaka, Japan. There are typically two types of clothing worn in Japan: traditional clothing known as Japanese clothing (和服, wafuku), including the national dress of Japan, the kimono, and Western clothing (洋服, yōfuku), which encompasses all else not recognised as either national dress or the dress of another country.
The kitsune statues are at times taken for a form of Inari, and they typically come in pairs, representing a male and a female. [36] These fox statues hold a symbolic item in their mouths or beneath a front paw—most often a jewel and a key, but a sheaf of rice, a scroll, or a fox cub are all common.
The most recent flashpoint was a viral video circulating on social media earlier this month that showed a young woman being harassed for wearing a kimono in an area of the city of Suzhou that ...
He lies upon the ground in foetal position wearing Sakaki's kimono. The scene changes to a Sessho-seki, roughly the size of a human adult lying in foetal position, with a flame looking like that in which the kitsune appeared floating around it. A narrator admonishes the audience that love is empty and never to fall in love.