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An informal garment, like a tunic, worn by males of the Japanese nobility in the Heian period, as outerwear; originally made from cloth that had been stretched and dried using only water and no starch. [citation needed] In the present day, the suikan is worn by members of Japanese nobility for some formal ceremonies. Susoyoke
Radical 82 or radical fur (毛部) meaning "fur" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes. In the Kangxi Dictionary , there are 211 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical .
Furoshiki are traditional Japanese wrapping cloths traditionally used to wrap and/or to transport goods. Consideration is placed on the aesthetics of furoshiki , which may feature hemmed edges, thicker and more expensive materials, and hand-painted designs; however, furoshiki are much less formal than fukusa , and are not generally used to ...
In Japan, the serow is widely thought of as a kind of deer, though deer and serows are in different families. In the past, the Japanese word kamoshika [c] was written using the Chinese character for shika, meaning "deer". [d] Today, when written using Chinese characters, the characters for "antelope" and "sheep" [e] are used.
Opossum fur. The term pelage – first known use in English c. 1828 (French, from Middle French, from poil for 'hair', from Old French peilss, from Latin pilus [11]) – is sometimes used to refer to an animal's complete coat. The term fur is also used to refer to animal pelts that have been processed into leather with their hair still attached.
The fur trade is the worldwide buying and selling of fur for clothing and other purposes. The fur trade was one of the driving forces of exploration of North America and the Russian Far East. [37] The fur trade has long-lasting effects, specifically on the Natives in North America and the populations of fur bearing animals worldwide.
Sable fur was a favourite of Henry VIII, who once received five sets of sable fur worth £400 from Emperor Charles V. [19] Henry later decreed that sable fur was to be worn only by nobles exceeding the rank of viscount. [20] The Russian conquest of Siberia was largely spurred by the availability of sables there.
The Japanese idiom "tanin no fundoshi" (literally, 'anyone else's fundoshi ') is often used in a cautionary context about borrowing or using tools or materials belonging to someone else, the meaning extended to that of profiting at another's expense or taking risks with someone else's money.