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  2. Paper clothing - Wikipedia

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    These paper garments were called kamiko, a contraction of the Japanese word Kamikokoromo which translates as paper dress. [ 12 ] Paper clothing was worn in Japan during the Kamakura period (1192-1333), [ 13 ] and by the 17th century, washi had become the most widely used paper not just for texts and images, but also for architectural screens ...

  3. American Farm Bureau Federation - Wikipedia

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    Farm Bureau office in Pinckney, Michigan 1935 FDR remarks for the American Farm Bureau Federation on agriculture during the Great Depression. The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more informally called the American Farm Bureau (AFB) or simply the Farm Bureau, is a United States–based 501(c)(5) tax-exempt agricultural organization and lobbying group. [1]

  4. Aloha shirt - Wikipedia

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    Quilt made from vintage aloha shirt fabric, circa 1960s. According to some sources, the origin of aloha shirts can be traced to the 1920s [12] or the early 1930s, [13] when the Honolulu-based dry goods store "Musa-Shiya the Shirtmaker" under the proprietorship of Kōichirō Miyamoto, [13] started making shirts out of colorful Japanese prints.

  5. Paper-made Garments Chronicle 500 Years of Fashion - AOL

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  6. List of items traditionally worn in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The garment originated in the late Kamakura period (1185–1333 CE). Jūnihitoe (十二単, lit. ' twelve layers ') The layered garments worn by court ladies during the Heian period. The jūnihitoe consisted of up to, or above, twelve layered garments, with the innermost garment being the kosode, worn as underwear underneath a pair of hakama.

  7. Kariyushi shirt - Wikipedia

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    The shirts are printed, mostly short-sleeved, and collared. Kariyushi shirts may be worn as casual, informal wear, or as dresswear. First introduced in 1970 to promote tourism to Okinawa Prefecture, the style gained popularity in 2000 when heads of state wore them during the 26th G8 summit which was held in Okinawa.

  8. Japanese architect brings example of 'paper tube home' to Maui

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    Dec. 12—A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build home for displaced fire survivors to Maui. A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build ...

  9. Hawaii Federation of Japanese Labor - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaii Federation of Japanese Labor was a labor union in Hawaii formed in 1921. In the early 1900s, Japanese migrants in Hawaii were the majority of plantation workers in the sugar cane field. These individuals were underpaid and overworked, as well as continuously discriminated against by White people on the Hawaiian Islands.